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Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits

In Impossibility, John D. Barrow--one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers--argues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable. Barrow first examines the limits of the human mind: our brain evolved to meet the demands of our immediate environment, and much that lies outside this small circle may also lie outside our understanding. He investigates practical impossibilities, such as those imposed by complexity, uncomputability, or the finiteness of time, space, and resources. Is the universe.

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  • "In Impossibility, John D. Barrow--one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers--argues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable. Barrow first examines the limits of the human mind: our brain evolved to meet the demands of our immediate environment, and much that lies outside this small circle may also lie outside our understanding. He investigates practical impossibilities, such as those imposed by complexity, uncomputability, or the finiteness of time, space, and resources. Is the universe."@en
  • "Explores the frontiers of knowledge, discussing the restrictions that may be imposed upon a full understanding of the physical universe by the limits of technology, computers, cost, and complexity; and considering how the mind's awareness of the impossible influences perceptions of reality."
  • "Explores the frontiers of knowledge, discussing the restrictions that may be imposed upon a full understanding of the physical universe by the limits of technology, computers, cost, and complexity; and considering how the mind's awareness of the impossible influences perceptions of reality."@en

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  • "Impossibility"
  • "Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits"@en
  • "Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits"
  • "Die Entdeckung des Unmöglichen : Forschung an den Grenzen des Wissens"
  • "Kres możliwości? : granice poznania i poznanie granic"@pl
  • "Impossibility the limits of science and the science of limits"@en
  • "Impossibility the limits of science and the science of limits"
  • "Olanaksızlık : Bilimin sınırları ve sınırların bilimi"
  • "Die Entdeckung des Unmöglichen : Forschung an der Grenzen des Wissens"
  • "Imposibilidad : los límites de la ciencia y la ciencia de los límites"@es
  • "Imposibilidad : los límites de la ciencia y la ciencia de los límites"
  • "Impossibilità : i limiti della scienza e la scienza dei limiti"
  • "Impossibilità : i limiti della scienza e la scienza dei limiti"@it
  • "Impossibility the Limits of Science and the Science of Limits"@en

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