The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Free Press, 1997Edition: First Free Press editionDescription: ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0684837056
- 9780684837055
- Fin des certitudes. English
- 530.11 23
- Q175 .P8819513 1997
Contents:
Summary: Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.
Introduction: A New Rationality? -- 1. Epicurus' Dilemma -- 2. Only an Illusion? -- 3. From Probability to Irreversibility -- 4. Laws of Chaos -- 5. Beyond Newton's Laws -- 6. Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- 7. Our Dialogue with Nature -- 8. Does Time Precede Existence? -- 9. Narrow Path.
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| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 530.11 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A567883B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
Introduction: A New Rationality? -- 1. Epicurus' Dilemma -- 2. Only an Illusion? -- 3. From Probability to Irreversibility -- 4. Laws of Chaos -- 5. Beyond Newton's Laws -- 6. Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- 7. Our Dialogue with Nature -- 8. Does Time Precede Existence? -- 9. Narrow Path.
Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.
Translated from the French.
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