Infinity and the Mind

The science and philosophy of the infinite

Rudy Rucker - Collection Princeton Science Library

345 pages, parution le 30/12/2004

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In Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he calls the "Mindscape," where he explores infinity in all its forms: potential and actual, mathematical and physical, theological and mundane. Rucker acquaints us with Godel's rotating universe, in which it is theoretically possible to travel into the past, and explains an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which billions of parallel worlds are produced every microsecond. It is in the realm of infinity, he maintains, that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic. By closely examining the paradoxes that arise from this merging, we can learn a great deal about the human mind, its powers, and its limitations.

L'auteur - Rudy Rucker

Rudy Rucker is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at San Jose State University and the author of many books on mathematics and philosophy, including Arterial Life Lab, Mind Tools, and The Fourth Dimension.

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Sommaire

Infinity
All the Numbers
The Unnameable
Robots and Souls
The One and the Many
Excursion one: The Transfinite Cardinals
Excursion Two: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Rudy Rucker
Collection	Princeton Science Library
Parution	30/12/2004
Nb. de pages	345
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	520g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691121277
ISBN13	978-0-691-12127-7