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Beyond reason: eight great problems that reveal the limits of science

By A. K , Dewdney

Book information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2004
ISBN
0471013986
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2826564 bytes)
Pages
v, 224 pages : illustrations\235
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Mathematics;Science;Science -- Miscellanea;Mathema

Description

Where reason cannot go -- The energy drain : impossible machines -- The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds -- The quantum curtain : unknowable particles -- The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems -- The circular crypt : unconstructable figures -- The chains of reason : unprovable theorems -- The computer treadmill : impossible programs -- The big-O bottleneck : intractable problems. Where reason cannot go -- The energy drain : impossible machines -- The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds -- The quantum curtain : unknowable particles -- The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems -- The circular crypt : unconstructable figures -- The chains of reason : unprovable theorems -- The computer treadmill : impossible programs -- The big-O bottleneck : intractable problems.

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