Filter by
Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science
"A Bradford book.""Contemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's Phaedrus: successful theories should 'carve nature at its joints.' But is nature really 'jointed'? Are there natural kinds of things around which our theories cut? The essays in this volume offer reflections by a distinguished group of philosophers on a series of intertwined issue…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262298780
- Collation
- 1 online resource (viii, 355 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Enrico Fermi the Obedient Genius
This biography explores the life and career of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, which is also the story of thirty years that transformed physics and forever changed our understanding of matter and the universe: nuclear physics and elementary particle physics were born, nuclear fission was discovered, the Manhattan Project was developed, the atomic bombs were dropped, and the era of “big sc…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-4939-3533-8
- Collation
- 51 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics: 104 BC - AD 1644
Presented from the viewpoint of the history of mathematics, this book explores both epistemological aspects of Chinese traditional mathematical astronomy and lunisolar calendrical calculations. The following issues are addressed: (1) connections with non-Chinese cultural areas; (2) the possibility or impossibility of using mathematics to predict astronomical phenomena, a question that was const…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-662-49718-0
- Collation
- XXXV, 471
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Chemistry
- Call Number
- 530.1 MAR a
Why More Is Different Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and C…
The physics of condensed matter, in contrast to quantum physics or cosmology, is not traditionally associated with deep philosophical questions. However, as science - largely thanks to more powerful computers - becomes capable of analysing and modelling ever more complex many-body systems, basic questions of philosophical relevance arise. Questions about the emergence of structure, the nature o…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-662-43911-1
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
What If We Don't Die? The Morality of Immortality
This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable. It looks at what makes immortality appear so attractive and at the possibility that we would be better served with longer lives and the freedom to terminate our lives at the time when life has given us all the joy, inspiration a…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-19093-8
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Weird Universe Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology
As new discoveries complicate the scientific picture of the universe, the evolving theories about the nature of space and time and the origins and fate of the universe threaten to become overwhelming. Enter David Seargent. Continuing the author's series of books popularizing strange astronomy facts and knowledge, Weird Universe explains the bizarre, complicated terrain of modern cosmology for l…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-10738-7
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Ghost particle :in search of the elusive and mysterious neutrino
"This book recounts the dramatic history of neutrino science and details the recent successes and ongoing challenges physicists face in pursuit of the ghostly subatomic particle"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262373562
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
First dawn :from the big bang to our future in space
Translation of: La prima alba del cosmo, ? 2019 Mondadori Libri S.p.A., Milano.Includes index."Roberto Battiston traces the intellectual path that has brought us to our current understanding of the universe, intertwining our most recent discoveries with the passion and the ambition of the scientists that made them possible"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262371057
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The blind spot :why science cannot ignore human experience
"An argument for the inclusion of the human perspective within science and how it makes science possible"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262377744
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Alice and Bob meet the wall of fire :the biggest ideas in science from Quanta
A collection of physics and biology stories from Quanta magazine.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262350518
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography