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Infinity : new research frontiers /
"'The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.' David Hilbert (1862-1943). This interdisciplinary study...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Rudy Rucker
- Perspectives on infinity from history. Infinity as a transformative concept in science and theology / Wolfgang Achtner
- Perspectives on infinity from mathematics. The mathematical infinity / Enrico Bombieri
- Warning signs of a possible collapse of contemporary mathematics / Edward Nelson
- Technical perspectives on infinity from advanced mathematics. The realm of the infinite / W. Hugh Woodin
- A potential subtlety concerning the distinction between determinism and nondeterminism / W. Hugh Woodin
- Concept calculus : much better than / Harvey M. Friedman
- Perspectives on infinity from physics and cosmology. Some considerations on infinity in physics / Carlo Rovelli
- Cosmological intimations of infinity / Anthony Aguirre
- Infinity and the nostalgia of the stars/ Marco Bersanelli
- Infinities in cosmology / Michael Heller
- Perspectives on infinity from philosophy and theology. God and infinity : directions for future research / Graham Oppy
- Notes on the concept of the infinite in the history of Western metaphysics / David Bentley Hart
- God and infinity : theological insights from Cantor's mathematics / Robert J. Russell
- A partially skeptical response to Hart and Russell / Denys A. Turner.