ISBN: 9780198518907 - impossibility: the limits of science and the science of limits (20 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This work looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Science is a big success story, but where will it end? And indeed, will it end? Weaving together a tapestry of surprises, Barrow explores the frontiers of knowledge. We find that the notion of "impossibility" has played a striking role in our thinking. Surrealism, impossible figures, time travel, paradoxes of logic and perspective, theological speculations about Beings for whom nothing is impossible - all stimulate us to contemplate something more than what is. Why should we find anything impossible? We explore the limits that may be imposed upon a full understanding of the physical Universe by limits of technology, computers, cost, and complexity. We ask why it is that the process of biological evolution should have equipped us to understand the deep structure of the Universe. We see how the Universe's structure prevents us from answering the deepest questions about its beginning, its structure, and its future. And finally, we delve into the deep limits imposed by the nature of knowledge itself. These deep limits have profound implications for any quest for complete knowledge. They take us into the debates over the problems of free will and consciousness. Godel's famous theorem about our inability to capture the truths of mathematics by rules and axioms is explored to see if it has any implications for science. Using simple explanations, the text demonstrates that impossibility is a deep and powerful notion; that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know about their Universe; that what we cannot know defines reality as surely as what we can know. Impossibility is a two-edged sword: it threatens the completeness of the scientific enterprise yet without it there would be no laws of Nature, no science, and no scientists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 24186821. 1788350913. 9/2/2026 12:08:33 PM.

Zustand: Very Good. 1998. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1998. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The dust jacket is clean, with some tubbing but still bright, and shows slight curling at the top and bottom edges. The previous owner's name is inscribed on the front free paper, and there are marginal notes and underlining in the text. The book is tight. Illustrated.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0198518900. …

OPp., Gebundene Ausgabe, SU. Zustand: Gut. 279 S., Ill. SU. etwas berieben, ansonsten gut erh. ISBN: 9780198518907 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 720.

Oxford, University Press 1998. 279 Seiten m. Abbildungen. Orig. Hardcover, Schutzumschl., 8°. Sehr gut erhalten.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Damage stamp to title page. Dent to bottom edge of front board. Closed tear to bottom right corner of front D/J.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Wie neu. 279 Seiten Oxford University Press - 1. Auf. 1998 : John D. Barrow - gb + Su PP-C7UZ-O64M Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 431.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Jacket as New. 1st Edition. xiii + 279 p.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Black cloth with silver sp. lettering, pristine. xiii + 279; inoffensive colourless round impressed private ex-lib stamp centre fr. end-paper otherwise pristine.Unclipped jacket also pristine (will add protective sleeve when ordered. covers a wide range of aspects of the topic including linguistic paradoxes mathematics psychology technology and Godel's theorem. 16 cm x 24 cm.…