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The computability of the world : how far can science take us? / Bernd-Olaf Küppers.
Van Pelt Library Q175 .K877 C66 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Küppers, Bernd-Olaf, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Frontiers collection
- The Frontiers Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Progress.
- Physics.
- Mechanics.
- Force and energy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Cham, Switzerland] : Springer, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Is absolute knowledge of the word possible?
- 2 Are there unsolvable world enigmas?
- 3 How could life have originated?
- 4 What is information?
- 5 Is language a general principle of nature?
- 6 Can the beauty of nature be objectified?
- 7 What is time?
- 8 Can history be condensed into formulae?
- 9 Where is science going?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 331967367X
- 9783319673677
- OCLC:
- 1000277868
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