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Viser: The Science of Can and Can't - A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
The Science of Can and Can't
A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
Chiara Marletto
(2021)
Sprog: Engelsk
Detaljer om varen
- Hardback: 272 sider
- Udgiver: Penguin Books, Limited (Maj 2021)
- ISBN: 9780241310946
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe
There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true - the actual - but to what could be true: the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't.
A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.