The Outer Limits of Reason
What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us
$55.39
- Paperback
428 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2016
Summary
An exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge that challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our rationality, and ourselves.
Many books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and reason have revealed to us, this work studies what science, mathematics, and reason tell us cannot be revealed.
In The Outer Limits of Reason, Noson Yanofsky …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262529846 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026252984X |
| Author: | Noson S. Yanofsky |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 428 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 22mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
Yanofsky takes on this mindboggling subject with confidence and impressive clarity. He eases the reader into the subject matter, ending each chapter with further readings. His book is a fascinating resource for anyone who seeks a better understanding of the world through the strangeness of its own limitations and a must-read for anyone studying information science.
—Publishers Weekly, (starred review)Yanofsky provides an entertaining and informative whirlwind trip through limits on reason in language, formal logic, mathematics—and in science, the culmination of humankind’s attempts to reason about the world.
—The New ScientistIn my view, Outer Limits is an extraordinary, and extraordinarily interesting, book. It is a cornucopia of mind-bending ideas.
—Raymond S. Nickerson, PsycCRITIQUESThe scope of the material covered is so wide, and the writing so clear and intuitive, that all readers will learn something new and stimulating.
—Thomas Colin, Leonardo ReviewsAbout The Author
Noson S. Yanofsky
Noson S. Yanofsky is Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is a coauthor of Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists.
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