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Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science
Title:
Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science
Author:
Dewdney, A. K.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, [2004]

©2004
Physical Description:
v, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Where reason cannot go -- The energy drain : impossible machines -- The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds -- The quantum curtain : unknowable particles -- The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems -- The circular crypt : unconstructable figures -- The chains of reason : unprovable theorems -- The computer treadmill : impossible programs -- The big-O bottleneck : intractable problems.
ISBN:
9780471013983
Format :
Book