The Resource The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world, David Deutsch
The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world, David Deutsch
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The item The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world, David Deutsch represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- "A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- vii, 487 p.
- Contents
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- The reach of explanations
- Closer to reality
- The spark
- Creation
- The reality of abstractions
- The jump to universality
- Artificial creativity
- A window on infinity
- Optimism
- A dream of Socrates
- The multiverse
- A physicist's history of bad philosophy
- Choices
- Why are flowers beautiful?
- The evolution of culture
- The evolution of creativity
- Unsustainable
- The beginning
- Isbn
- 9780670022755
- Label
- The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world
- Title
- The beginning of infinity
- Title remainder
- explanations that transform the world
- Statement of responsibility
- David Deutsch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause change, and the quest to improve them is the basic regulating principle not only of science but of all successful human endeavor. This stream of ever improving explanations has infinite reach, according to Deutsch: we are subject only to the laws of physics, and they impose no upper boundary to what we can eventually understand, control, and achieve. In his previous book, The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch describe the four deepest strands of existing knowledge-the theories of evolution, quantum physics, knowledge, and computation-arguing jointly they reveal a unified fabric of reality. In this new book, he applies that worldview to a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, from creativity and free will to the origin and future of the human species. Filled with startling new conclusions about human choice, optimism, scientific explanation, and the evolution of culture, The Beginning of Infinity is a groundbreaking book that will become a classic of its kind"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Deutsch, David
- Dewey number
- 501
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175.32.E97
- LC item number
- D48 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Explanation
- Infinite
- Science
- Label
- The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world, David Deutsch
- Bar code
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- 31223096342838
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 460-461) and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- The reach of explanations -- Closer to reality -- The spark -- Creation -- The reality of abstractions -- The jump to universality -- Artificial creativity -- A window on infinity -- Optimism -- A dream of Socrates -- The multiverse -- A physicist's history of bad philosophy -- Choices -- Why are flowers beautiful? -- The evolution of culture -- The evolution of creativity -- Unsustainable -- The beginning
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- vii, 487 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670022755
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2011004120
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- 682892569
- (OCoLC)682892569
- Label
- The beginning of infinity : explanations that transform the world, David Deutsch
- Bar code
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- 31223096342838
- 31223096296844
- 31223096296851
- 31223096342804
- 31223096342887
- 31223096342846
- 31223096342796
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 460-461) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- The reach of explanations -- Closer to reality -- The spark -- Creation -- The reality of abstractions -- The jump to universality -- Artificial creativity -- A window on infinity -- Optimism -- A dream of Socrates -- The multiverse -- A physicist's history of bad philosophy -- Choices -- Why are flowers beautiful? -- The evolution of culture -- The evolution of creativity -- Unsustainable -- The beginning
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- vii, 487 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670022755
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2011004120
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- 682892569
- (OCoLC)682892569
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