Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science / A.K. Dewdney.
Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science / A.K. Dewdney.
Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science / A.K. Dewdney.
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Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2004.
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N510.1/44
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English
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224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Introduction : where reason cannot go -- Math in the cosmos -- 1. The energy drain : impossible machines -- 2. The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds -- 3. The quantum curtain : unknowable particles -- 4. The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems -- Math in the holos -- 5. The circular crypt : uncons...
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Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2004.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2004.
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"Beyond Reason explores these barriers and the theories that give them form and substance. We shall apparently never travel faster than the speed of light, nor shall we ever build a perpetual motion machine that performs useful work. After laying the foundations of each theory, illuminated by stories of the scientists who discovered them, A. K. Dew...
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Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science / A.K. Dewdney.
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Beyon reason : 8 great problems that reveal the limits of science.
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Includes index.
Published simultaneously in Canada.
Bibliography, p. 207-209.
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c2004.
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N510.1/44
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0471013986 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780471013983 (acid-free paper)
0471013986 (acid-free paper)
9780471013983 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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991018523339702626
