Labyrinths of Reason;Paradox, Puzzles And the Frailty of Knowledge - Couverture souple

Poundstone, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140131361 ISBN 13 : 9780140131369

Editeur : Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

This book explores what paradox has to tell us of the nature of thought and reality, from the prisoner's dilemma to the thesis that the universe is a computer and from Schrodinger's cat to Searle's Chinese room.

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Biographie de l'auteur

William Poundstone studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Recursive Universe, about information theory and physics, and Labyrinths of Reason, an exploration of paradox in science. The author of such popular books as Big Secrets, The Ultimate, and Prisoner’s Dilemma, he has also written for Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, SPY, and other periodicals. Poundstone lives in Los Angeles.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140131361
• ISBN 13: 9780140131369
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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