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16 produkter
Complexity, Language, and Life: Mathematical Approaches
Av John L. Casti, Anders Karlqvist
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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In May 1984 the Swedish Council for Scientific Research convened a small group of investigators at the scientific research station at Abisko, Sweden, for the purpose of examining various conceptual and mathematical views of the evolution of complex systems. The stated theme of the meeting was …
X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything
Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything
Häftad, 2013
166 kr
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The modern industrialized world is a complex system on a scale never before witnessed in the history of humankind. Technologically dependent, globally interconnected, it offers seemingly limitless conveniences, choices, and opportunities. Yet this same modern civilization is as unstable as a house …
Cambridge Quintet
Häftad, 1999
277 kr
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In this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry--a sort of "My Dinner with" not Andre, but five of the most brilliant thinkers of the twentieth century.Imagine, if you will, one stormy summer evening in 1949, as …
Beyond Belief
Randomness, Prediction and Explanation in Science
Inbunden, 2018
1524 kr
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How can we predict and explain the phenomena of nature? What are the limits to this knowledge process? The central issues of prediction, explanation, and mathematical modeling, which underlie all scientific activity, were the focus of a conference organized by the Swedish Council for the Planning …
Beyond Belief
Randomness, Prediction and Explanation in Science
E-bok, 2018
1000 kr
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How can we predict and explain the phenomena of nature? What are the limits to this knowledge process? The central issues of prediction, explanation, and mathematical modeling, which underlie all scientific activity, were the focus of a conference organized by the Swedish Council for the Planning …
Beyond Belief
Randomness, Prediction and Explanation in Science
E-bok, 2018
1022 kr
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How can we predict and explain the phenomena of nature? What are the limits to this knowledge process? The central issues of prediction, explanation, and mathematical modeling, which underlie all scientific activity, were the focus of a conference organized by the Swedish Council for the Planning …
Die großen Fünf
Mathematische Theorien, die unser Jahrhundert prägten
Häftad, 2012
261 kr
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Der Lebensnerv aller intellektuellen und wissenschaftlichen Bestrebungen ist der ständige Zustrom wichtiger, ungelöster, aber im Prinzip lösbarer Probleme. Die projektive Geometrie zum Beispiel war früher eine blühende Ecke im mathemati schen Garten. Heute jedoch ist sie nicht mehr modern - …
Economic Evolution and Structural Adjustment
Proceedings of Invited Sessions on Economic Evolution and Structural Change Held at the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA July 29–31, 1985
Av David Batten, John L. Casti m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
567 kr
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Since the beginning of the fifties, the ruling paradigm in the discipline of economics has been that of a competitive general equilibrium. Associated dynamic analyses have therefore been preoccupied with the stability of this equilibrium state, corresponding simply to studies of comparative …
Mood Matters
From Rising Skirt Lengths to the Collapse of World Powers
Inbunden, 2010
336 kr
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"Mood Matters" makes the radical assertion that all social events ranging from fashions in music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by the attitudes a society holds toward the future. When the "social mood" is positive and people look forward to the future, events of an …
Mood Matters
From Rising Skirt Lengths to the Collapse of World Powers
E-bok, 2010
319 kr
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"Mood Matters" makes the radical assertion that all social events ranging from fashions in music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by the attitudes a society holds toward the future. When the "social mood" is positive and people look forward to the future, events of an …
Mood Matters
From Rising Skirt Lengths to the Collapse of World Powers
Häftad, 2014
285 kr
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"Mood Matters" makes the radical assertion that all social events ranging from fashions in music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by the attitudes a society holds toward the future. When the "social mood" is positive and people look forward to the future, events of an …
Complexity, Language, and Life: Mathematical Approaches
Av Anders Karlqvist, John L. Casti
E-bok, 2012
734 kr
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In May 1984 the Swedish Council for Scientific Research convened a small group of investigators at the scientific research station at Abisko, Sweden, for the purpose of examining various conceptual and mathematical views of the evolution of complex systems. The stated theme of the meeting was …
Economic Evolution and Structural Adjustment
Proceedings of Invited Sessions on Economic Evolution and Structural Change Held at the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA July 29–31, 1985
Av Borje Johansson, John L. Casti m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
755 kr
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Since the beginning of the fifties, the ruling paradigm in the discipline of economics has been that of a competitive general equilibrium. Associated dynamic analyses have therefore been preoccupied with the stability of this equilibrium state, corresponding simply to studies of comparative …
Die großen Fünf
Mathematische Theorien, die unser Jahrhundert prägten
Inbunden, 1996
291 kr
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Der Lebensnerv aller intellektuellen und wissenschaftlichen Bestrebungen ist der ständige Zustrom wichtiger, ungelöster, aber im Prinzip lösbarer Probleme. Die projektive Geometrie zum Beispiel war früher eine blühende Ecke im mathemati schen Garten. Heute jedoch ist sie nicht mehr modern - …
The One True Platonic Heaven
A Scientific Fiction on the Limits of Knowledge
Inbunden, 2003
254 kr
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By the author of The Cambridge Quintet, John L. Casti's new book continues the tradition of combining science fact with just the right dose of fiction. Part novel, part science — wholly informative and entertaining. In the fall of 1933 the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, …
One True Platonic Heaven
A Scientific Fiction on the Limits of Knowledge
Häftad, 2003
150 kr
Tillfälligt slut
By the author of The Cambridge Quintet, John L. Castia (TM)s new book continues the tradition of combining science fact with just the right dose of fiction. Part novel, part science a " wholly informative and entertaining. In the fall of 1933 the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in …
