The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration w...
The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration w...
The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers.
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New York : Free Press, 1997.
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1997.
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T0386154
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English
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Physical content
ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction: A New Rationality? -- 1. Epicurus' Dilemma -- 2. Only an Illusion? -- 3. From Probability to Irreversibility -- 4. The Laws of Chaos -- 5. Beyond Newton's Laws -- 6. A Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- 7. Our Dialogue with Nature -- 8. Does Time Precede Existence? -- 9. A Narrow...
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New York : Free Press, 1997.
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1st Free Press ed.
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New York (State)
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1997.
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Prigogine deconstructs the deterministic world view, but does not champion the idea of an arbitrary universe of pure chance. Instead, he argues, we live in a world of definable probabilities where life and matter evolve continuously in the direction of time, and certainty itself is the illusion. Notions such as "self-organization" that Prigogine in...
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The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
Transferred from N530.11/93.
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T0386154
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74VMQMl05zoX
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0684837056
9780684837055
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530.11
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991000406769702626
