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Aguirre, Anthony |
Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability |
I11665 |
2021 |
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Aguirre, Anthony |
How Should Humanity Steer the Future? |
I10300 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Aguirre, Anthony |
Trick or Truth? |
I10112 |
2016 |
eBook |
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| 4 |
Aguirre, Anthony |
Wandering Towards a Goal |
I09697 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Aguirre, Anthony |
What is Fundamental? |
I08771 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Aguirre, Anthony |
Questioning the Foundations of Physics |
I06620 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Aguirre, Anthony |
It From Bit or Bit From It? |
I05923 |
2015 |
eBook |
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| Title | Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Merali, Zeeya;Sloan, David |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | VIII, 180 p. 27 illus., 17 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | For a brief time in history, it was possible to imagine that a sufficiently advanced intellect could, given sufficient time and resources, in principle understand how to mathematically prove everything that was true. They could discern what math corresponds to physical laws, and use those laws to predict anything that happens before it happens. That time has passed. G??del???s undecidability results (the incompleteness theorems), Turing???s proof of non-computable values, the formulation of quantum theory, chaos, and other developments over the past century have shown that there are rigorous arguments limiting what we can prove, compute, and predict. While some connections between these results have come to light, many remain obscure, and the implications are unclear. Are there, for example, real consequences for physics ??? including quantum mechanics ??? of undecidability and non-computability? Are there implications for our understanding of the relations between agency, intelligence, mind, and the physical world? This book, based on the winning essays from the annual FQXi competition, contains ten explorations of Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability. The contributions abound with connections, implications, and speculations while undertaking rigorous but bold and open-minded investigation of the meaning of these constraints for the physical world, and for us as humans |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030703547 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Computability and Recursion Theory
2. COMPUTABLE FUNCTIONS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
8. PROBABILITIES
9. PROBABILITY THEORY
10. RECURSION THEORY
11. SCIENCE
12. Science???Philosophy
13. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | How Should Humanity Steer the Future? |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | VIII, 175 p. 14 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The fourteen award-winning essays in this volume discuss a range of novel ideas and controversial??topics that could decisively influence the course of human life on Earth.??Their??authors address, in accessible language,??issues as diverse as:??enabling our social systems to learn; research in biological??engineering and artificial intelligence; mending and??enhancing minds; improving the way we do, and teach, science; living in the??here and now; and the value of play. ?? The essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries submitted to the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) essay competition in 2014. FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319207179 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. EDUCATION
4. PHILOSOPHY
5. Philosophy of Technology
6. Popular Science in Education
7. Science???Social aspects
8. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | Trick or Truth? : The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | VIII, 250 p. 20 illus., 12 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely another natural science? Or is it the result of human creativity? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a costume, or is math the lifeblood of physical reality? The nineteen wide-ranging, highly imaginative and often entertaining essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries to the FQXi essay competition ???Trick or Truth???, which attracted over 200 submissions. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319274959 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences
5. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
6. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
8. Philosophy and science
9. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10. PHYSICS
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| Title | Wandering Towards a Goal : How Can Mindless Mathematical Laws Give Rise to Aims and Intention? |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | VIII, 254 p. 46 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical laws. What are the prerequisites for a system to have goals? What makes a physical process into a signal? Does eliminating the homunculus solve the problem? The three winning essays, by Larissa Albantakis, Carlo Rovelli and Jochen Szangolies tackle exactly these challenges, while many other aspects (agency, the role of the observer, causality versus teleology, ghosts in the machine etc.) put in an appearance in the other award winning contributions. These seventeen imaginative, stimulating and often entertaining essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries to the FQXi essay competition in 2017. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319757261 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
8. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
9. Philosophy and science
10. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
11. PHYSICS
12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | What is Fundamental? |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | VIII, 187 p. 14 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Are there truly fundamental entities in nature? Or are the things that we regard as fundamental in our theories ??? for example space, time or the masses of elementary particles ??? merely awaiting a derivation from a new, yet to be discovered theory based on elements that are more fundamental? This was the central question posed in the 2018 FQXi essay competition, which drew more than 200 entries from professional physicists, philosophers, and other scholars. This volume presents enhanced versions of the fifteen award-winning essays, giving a spectrum of views and insights on this fascinating topic. From a prescription for ???when to stop digging??? to the case for strong emergence, the reader will find here a plethora of stimulating and challenging ideas - presented in a largely non-technical manner - on which to sharpen their understanding of the language of physics and even the nature of reality |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030113018 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Elementary particles (Physics)
4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
7. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
8. Philosophy and science
9. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10. PHYSICS
11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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| Title | Questioning the Foundations of Physics : Which of Our Fundamental Assumptions Are Wrong? |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | VIII, 274 p. 24 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The essays in this book look at way in which the fundaments of physics might need to be changed in order to make progress towards a unified theory. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition ???Which of Our Basic Physical Assumptions Are Wrong????, which drew over 270 entries. As Nobel Laureate physicist Philip W. Anderson realized, the key to understanding nature???s reality is not anything ???magical???, but the right attitude, ???the focus on asking the right questions, the willingness to try (and to discard) unconventional answers, the sensitive ear for phoniness, self-deception, bombast, and conventional but unproven assumptions.??? The authors of the eighteen prize-winning essays have, where necessary, adapted their essays for the present volume so as to (a) incorporate the community feedback generated in the online discussion of the essays, (b) add new material that has come to light since their completion and (c) to ensure accessibility to a broad audience of readers with a basic grounding in physics. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319130453 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
9. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
10. PHYSICS
11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
12. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
13. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | It From Bit or Bit From It? : On Physics and Information |
| Author(s) | Aguirre, Anthony;Foster, Brendan;Merali, Zeeya |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | VIII, 240 p. 50 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The essays in this book look at the question of whether physics can be based on information, or ??? as John Wheeler phrased it ??? whether we can get ???It from Bit???.?? They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition of the same name, which drew over 180 entries. The eighteen contributions address topics as diverse as quantum foundations, entropy conservation, nonlinear logic and countable spacetime. Together they provide stimulating reading for all physics aficionados interested in the possible role(s) of information in the laws of nature. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319129464 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Data structures (Computer science)
2. Data Structures and Information Theory
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. PHYSICS
8. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
9. Quantum computing
10. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics
11. SPINTRONICS
12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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