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John A Collected Essays 2
Häftad, 2016
356 kr
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This book contains a collection of essays and articles by John Scales Avery discussing the severe problems and challenges which the world faces during the 21st century. Human civilization and the biosphere are threatened by catastrophic climate change. Unless rapid steps are taken to replace fossil …
Need for a New Economic System
Häftad, 2016
319 kr
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It is clear that our present economic system is unsustainable. Never-ending exponential industrial growth on a finite planet is a logical absurdity. We are already using resources at a rate which it would take 1.6 planet earths to replace. We are already undermining the ecological systems which …
Space-Age Science and Stone-Age Politics
Häftad, 2016
319 kr
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Space-age science and stone-age politics make an extraordinarily dangerous mixture. It seems probable that in the future, the rapidity of scientificand technological change will produce ethical dilemmas and social tensions even more acute than those we experience today. It is likely that the fate …
INFORMATION THEORY AND EVOLUTION (THIRD EDITION)
Inbunden, 2021
1379 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the …
INFORMATION THEORY AND EVOLUTION (THIRD EDITION)
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the …
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Inbunden, 2016
1051 kr
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The latest advances and discoveries in science have made, and continue to make, a huge impact on our lives. This book is a history of the social impact of science and technology from the beginnings of civilization up to the present. The book explains how the key inventions: agriculture, writing and …
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Häftad, 2016
404 kr
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The latest advances and discoveries in science have made, and continue to make, a huge impact on our lives. This book is a history of the social impact of science and technology from the beginnings of civilization up to the present. The book explains how the key inventions: agriculture, writing and …
CIVILIZATION'S CRISIS: A SET OF LINKED CHALLENGES
Inbunden, 2017
1114 kr
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Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; …
CIVILIZATION'S CRISIS: A SET OF LINKED CHALLENGES
Häftad, 2017
536 kr
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Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; …
HYPERSPHERICAL HARMONICS AND THEIR PHYSICAL APPLICATIONS
Av James Emil Avery, John Scales Avery
Inbunden, 2018
1776 kr
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Hyperspherical harmonics are extremely useful in nuclear physics and reactive scattering theory. However, their use has been confined to specialists with very strong backgrounds in mathematics. This book aims to change the theory of hyperspherical harmonics from an esoteric field, mastered by …
SYMMETRY-ADAPTED BASIS SETS: AUTOMATIC GENERATION FOR PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Av John Scales Avery, Sten Rettrup m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1318 kr
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In theoretical physics, theoretical chemistry and engineering, one often wishes to solve partial differential equations subject to a set of boundary conditions. This gives rise to eigenvalue problems of which some solutions may be very difficult to find. For example, the problem of finding …
INFORMATION THEORY AND EVOLUTION (2ND EDITION)
Inbunden, 2012
1370 kr
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Information Theory and Evolution discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the …
INFORMATION THEORY AND EVOLUTION (2ND EDITION)
Häftad, 2012
537 kr
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Information Theory and Evolution discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the …
ENERGY, RESOURCES, AND THE LONG-TERM FUTURE
Inbunden, 2007
1900 kr
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The world is rapidly approaching the end of the fossil fuel era. This timely book reviews the historical background for this crisis and provides a comprehensive discussion of its important aspects. It contrasts the Utopian writings of Condorcet, Godwin and Adam Smith, with the more pessimistic …
