The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature /
Prigogine, I.
The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers. - First Free Press edition. - ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
Introduction: A New Rationality? -- Epicurus' Dilemma -- Only an Illusion? -- From Probability to Irreversibility -- Laws of Chaos -- Beyond Newton's Laws -- Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- Our Dialogue with Nature -- Does Time Precede Existence? -- Narrow Path. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.
Translated from the French.
0684837056 9780684837055
97003001
Science--Philosophy.
Space and time.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Natural history.
Q175 / .P8819513 1997
530.11
The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers. - First Free Press edition. - ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
Introduction: A New Rationality? -- Epicurus' Dilemma -- Only an Illusion? -- From Probability to Irreversibility -- Laws of Chaos -- Beyond Newton's Laws -- Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- Our Dialogue with Nature -- Does Time Precede Existence? -- Narrow Path. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.
Translated from the French.
0684837056 9780684837055
97003001
Science--Philosophy.
Space and time.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Natural history.
Q175 / .P8819513 1997
530.11