Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems that Reveal the Limits of Science Book

Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems that Reveal the Limits of Science, PRAISE FOR A.K. DEWDNEY'S PREVIOUS WORKS 200% of Nothing It is impossible to read this timely, important book without enjoyment and eye-opening enlightment. -Martin Gardner In today's world 'innumeracy' is an even greater, Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems that Reveal the Limits of Science

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Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems that Reveal the Limits of Science
Written by author A. K. Dewdney
Published by Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, April 2004
PRAISE FOR A.K. DEWDNEY'S PREVIOUS WORKS 200% of Nothing "It is impossible to read this timely, important book without enjoyment and eye-opening enlightment." -Martin Gardner "In today's world 'innumeracy' is an even greater
BEYOND REASON In the past tow 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

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Introduction : where reason cannot go 1
Math in the cosmos
1 The energy drain : impossible machines 11
2 The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds 35
3 The quantum curtain : unknowable particles 59
4 The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems 85
Math in the holos
5 The circular crypt : unconstructable figures 115
6 The chains of reason : unprovable theorems 137
7 The computer treadmill : impossible programs 163
8 The big-O bottleneck : intractable problems 183
References 207
Further reading 211
Index 213

Title: Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems that Reveal the Limits of Science

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High level survey of some interesting topics on the edge of math and science. best chapters were the ones on Goedel and on Quantum measurements. Accessible read despite some very complex ideas. So much we do not understand.

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	Introduction : where reason cannot go	1
	Math in the cosmos
1	The energy drain : impossible machines	11
2	The cosmic limit : unreachable speeds	35
3	The quantum curtain : unknowable particles	59
4	The edge of chaos : unpredictable systems	85
	Math in the holos
5	The circular crypt : unconstructable figures	115
6	The chains of reason : unprovable theorems	137
7	The computer treadmill : impossible programs	163
8	The big-O bottleneck : intractable problems	183
	References	207
	Further reading	211
	Index	213