The Primacy of Doubt
From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to consciousness.
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The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to consciousness.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Primacy of Doubt “
- Introduction
- Part I: The Science of Uncertainty
- 1: Chaos, Chaos Everywhere
- 2: The Geometry of Chaos
- 3: Noisy, Million-Dollar Butterflies
- 4: Quantum Uncertainty: Reality Lost?
- Part II: Predicting our Chaotic World
- 5: The Two Roads to Monte Carlo
- 6: Climate Change: Catastrophe or Just Lukewarm?
- 7: Pandemics
- 8: Financial Crashes
- 9: Deadly Conflict and the Digital Ensemble of Spaceship Earth
- 10: Decisions! Decisions!
- Part III: Understanding the Chaotic Universe and our Place in it
- 11: Quantum Uncertainty: Reality Regained?
- 12: Our Noisy Brains
- 13: Free Will, Consciousness, and God
Autoren-Porträt von Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Following a PhD in general relativity theory, he spent much of his career working on the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate, developing probabilistic ensemble prediction systems across a range of weather and climate timescales. He also researches the foundations of quantum physics, in addition to applications of quantum and imprecise computing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Amongst other awards, he has won the Institute of Physics Dirac Gold Medal, and the top medals of the American and European Meteorological Societies.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tim Palmer
- 2024, 320 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192843605
- ISBN-13: 9780192843609
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.01.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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