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There Is No Theory of Everything - A Physics Perspective on Emergence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R2,344
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There Is No Theory of Everything - A Physics Perspective on Emergence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Lars Q English

There Is No Theory of Everything - A Physics Perspective on Emergence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

Lars Q English

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The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it. In a nutshell, emergence asserts that non-reductive behavior arises at higher levels of organization and complexity. As physicist Philip Anderson put it, "more is different." Along the text's conversational tour through the terrain of quantum physics, phase transitions, nonlinear and statistical physics, networks and complexity, the author highlights the various philosophical nuances that arise in encounters with emergence. The final part of the book zooms out to reflect on some larger lessons that emergence affords us. One of those larger lessons is the realization that the great diversity of theories and models, and the great variety of independent explanatory frameworks, will always be with us in the sciences and beyond. There is no "Theory of Everything" just around the corner waiting to be discovered. One of the main benefits of this book is that it will make a number of exciting scientific concepts that are not normally covered at this level accessible to a broader audience. The overall presentation, including the use of examples, analogies, metaphors, and biographical interludes, is geared for the educated non-specialist.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: August 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Lars Q English
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-59149-0
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Non-linear science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics
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LSN: 3-319-59149-5
Barcode: 9783319591490

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