Aha! The Moments of Insight That Shape Our World
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Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length–but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes,…
Aha! The Moments of Insight That Shape Our World
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Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length–but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes,…
AI Its Nature and Future
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The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and – not least…
Evidence, Decision and Causality
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Most philosophers agree that causal knowledge is essential to decision-making: agents should choose from the available options those that probably cause the outcomes that they…
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose questions some of the most fashionable ideas in physics today, including string theory What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or…
Interpreting Gödel Critical Essays
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The logician Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) published a paper in 1931 formulating what have come to be known as his ‘incompleteness theorems’, which prove, among other…
Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices
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This book presents a new approach to the epistemology of mathematics by viewing mathematics as a human activity whose knowledge is intimately linked with practice.…
The Lazy Universe An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action
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This is a rare book on a rare topic: it is about ‘action’ and the Principle of Least Action. A surprisingly well-kept secret, these ideas…
The Meaning of Human Existence
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Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called “the rainbow colours” around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy…
The Meaning of Human Existence
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Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called “the rainbow colours” around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy…
Understanding Philosophy of Science
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Few can imagine a world without telephones or televisions; many depend on computers and the Internet as part of daily life. Without scientific theory, these…
Understanding Philosophy of Science
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Few can imagine a world without telephones or televisions; many depend on computers and the Internet as part of daily life. Without scientific theory, these…