Byers The Blind Spot

Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3815-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

William Byers is professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the author of How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics (Princeton).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byers, William

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty vii

Chapter 1: The Blind Spot 1

Chapter 2: The Blind Spot Revealed 17

Chapter 3: Certainty or Wonder? 38

Chapter 4: A World in Crisis! 59

Chapter 5: Ambiguity 69

Chapter 6: Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science 91

Chapter 7: The Mystery of Number 106

Chapter 8: Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity 124

Chapter 9: The Still Point 156

Chapter 10: Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty 179

Acknowledgments 187

Notes 189

References 197

Index 203

Über Autor(innen)

William Byers is professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the author of How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics (Princeton).