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| Author | : Willard Van Orman Quine |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780674879263 |
Here are the most recent writings, some of them unpublished, of the preeminent philosopher of our time. Quine is always, whatever his subject, an elegant writer, witty, precise, and forceful. Admirers of his earlier books will welcome this new volume.
| Author | : Robert Solomon |
| Publisher | : Fox Chapel Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2016-01-01 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1607652226 |
This little book makes serious math simple—with more than 120 laws, theorems, paradoxes, and more explained in jargon-free terms. The Little Book of Mathematical Principles provides simple, clear explanations for the principles, equations, paradoxes, laws, and theorems that form the basis of modern mathematics. It is a refreshingly engaging tour of Fibonacci numbers, Euclid's Elements, and Zeno's paradoxes, as well as other fundamental principles such as chaos theory, game theory, and the game of life. Renowned mathematics author Dr. Robert Solomon simplifies the ancient discipline of mathematics and provides fascinating answers to intriguing questions, such as: What is the greatest pyramid?, What is a perfect number?, and Is there a theory for stacking oranges?
| Author | : Steven French |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2020-02-20 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0192587463 |
There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory? It presents a range of options - from theories are sets of propositions, to theories are families of models, abstract artefacts, or fictions - and highlights the various problems they all face. In so doing it draws multiple comparisons between theories and artworks: on the one hand, theories are like certain kinds of paintings with regard to their representational capacity; on the other, they are like musical works in that they can be multiply presented. An alternative answer to the question is then offered, drawing on the metaphysics of musical works: there are no such things as theories. Nevertheless, we can still talk about them, since that talk is made true by the various practices that scientists engage in. The implications of this form of eliminativism for the realism debate is then discussed and it is concluded that this may offer a more flexible framework in which we can understand both the history and the philosophy of science in general.
| Author | : Surendra Verma |
| Publisher | : New Holland Publishers (AU) |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1921655321 |
Mathematics is indeed fun as this little book testifies. This book presents a unique collection of mathematical ideas, theories, theorems, conjectures, rules, facts, equations, formulas, paradoxes, fallacies and puzzles with short, simple and witty explanations that require no background in mathematics.
| Author | : John Langone |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780792239123 |
Provides behind-the-scenes accounts of some of history's greatest science discoveries.
| Author | : Wallace Matson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2011-11-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0199912505 |
This unconventional book by a distinguished historian of philosophy tells the story of how humans became rational beings.
| Author | : John D. Barrow |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 019954817X |
Cosmology & the universe.
| Author | : John Brockman |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 429 |
| Release | : 2013-01-22 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0062230182 |
Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The Guardian), posed to the world's most influential minds. Flowing from the horizons of physics, economics, psychology, neuroscience, and more, This Explains Everything presents 150 of the most surprising and brilliant theories of the way of our minds, societies, and universe work. Jared Diamond on biological electricity • Nassim Nicholas Taleb on positive stress • Steven Pinker on the deep genetic roots of human conflict • Richard Dawkins on pattern recognition • Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on simplicity • Lisa Randall on the Higgs mechanism • BRIAN Eno on the limits of intuition • Richard Thaler on the power of commitment • V. S. Ramachandran on the "neural code" of consciousness • Nobel Prize winner ERIC KANDEL on the power of psychotherapy • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on "Lord Acton's Dictum" • Lawrence M. Krauss on the unification of electricity and magnetism • plus contributions by Martin J. Rees • Kevin Kelly • Clay Shirky • Daniel C. Dennett • Sherry Turkle • Philip Zimbardo • Lee Smolin • Rebecca Newberger Goldstein • Seth Lloyd • Stewart Brand • George Dyson • Matt Ridley
| Author | : Martin Rees |
| Publisher | : Icon Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2010-05-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1848314523 |
When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theories - ideas explain why things happen the way they do. We don't know for certain these are correct - no one ever saw the Big Bang - but with them we can paint beautiful, breathtaking pictures of everything from human behaviour to what the future may hold. Profiling the key scientists behind each theory, "30-Second Theories" presents each entry in a unique, eye-catching full-colour design, with thought-provoking extras and stylish illustrations. It is essential for anyone keen on expanding their mind with science's most thrilling ideas.
| Author | : Christine Brooke-Rose |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 319 |
| Release | : 1991-01-25 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0521391814 |
The novelist and critic Christine Brooke-Rose investigates those difficult border zones between the 'invented' and the 'real' in fiction.
