Ebooks de Zeeya Merali en PDF et EPUB

8 Livre(s)
Télécharger le livre : Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability
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Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability
Anthony Aguirre , Zeeya Merali , David Sloan
For a brief time in history, it was possible to imagine that a sufficiently advanced intellect could, given sufficient time and resources, in principle understand how to mathematically prove everything that was true. They could discern what math corresponds to physical...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-08-20
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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84,79 €
Télécharger le livre : What is Fundamental?
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What is Fundamental?
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
Are there truly fundamental entities in nature? Or are the things that we regard as fundamental in our theories – for example space, time or the masses of elementary particles – merely awaiting a derivation from a new, yet to be discovered theory based on elements that...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-03-21
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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79,49 €
Télécharger le livre : Wandering Towards a Goal
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Wandering Towards a Goal
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
This collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical laws. What are the prerequisites for a system to have goals? What makes a physical process into a signal? Does...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-05-30
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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60,41 €
Télécharger le livre : A Big Bang in a Little Room
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A Big Bang in a Little Room
Zeeya Merali
An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own? What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2017-02-14

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14,99 €
Télécharger le livre : Trick or Truth?
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Trick or Truth?
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely another natural science? Or is it the result of human creativity? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-02-20
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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60,41 €
Télécharger le livre : How Should Humanity Steer the Future?
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How Should Humanity Steer the Future?
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
The fourteen award-winning essays in this volume discuss a range of novel ideas and controversial topics that could decisively influence the course of human life on Earth. Their authors address, in accessible language, issues as diverse as: enabling our social systems...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-09-18
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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52,99 €
Télécharger le livre : It From Bit or Bit From It?
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It From Bit or Bit From It?
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
The essays in this book look at the question of whether physics can be based on information, or – as John Wheeler phrased it – whether we can get “It from Bit”. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition of the same name, which...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-02-03
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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95,39 €
Télécharger le livre : Questioning the Foundations of Physics
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Questioning the Foundations of Physics
Anthony Aguirre , Brendan Foster , Zeeya Merali
The essays in this book look at way in which the fundaments of physics might need to be changed in order to make progress towards a unified theory. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition “Which of Our Basic Physical...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-01-24
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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52,99 €