Beyond reason : eight great problems that reveal the limits of science
"In the past two centuries, we have witnessed an unparalleled expansion in scientific and technical horizons. But with our longer view of things, the horizon is now interrupted, here and there, by walls. With our newfound knowledge and technical abilities has come an understanding of the limitations of science and technology. Beyond Reason provides a mind-bending exploration not into what is doable and knowable - but what is undoable and unknowable."
Nonfiction
v, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780471013983, 0471013986
54503650
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
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