The Computability of the World

How Far Can Science Take Us?

Bernd-Olaf Küppers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 200 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-88421-9 (ISBN)

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In this thought-provoking book Küppers, an internationally renowned physicist, philosopher and theoretical biologist, addresses a number of science's deepest questions: Can physics advance to the origin of all things and explain the unique phenomena of life, time and history? Are there unsolvable enigmas of the world? How did life originate? Is language a general phenomenon of Nature? What is time? Is it possible to express the history of the world in formulae? Where is science leading us? These and other provocative questions essential for a deeper understanding of the world are treated here in a refreshing and stimulating manner.

Bernd-Olaf Küppers, born in 1944, is an internationally renowned physicist and philosopher of science. For many years he was engaged in research at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen). Thereafter, he was professor of natural philosophy at the university of Jena. His main research field is the origin and evolution of genetic information. He is author and editor of numerous books, including the monographs "Molecular Theory of Evolution" and "Information and the Origin of Life". He has been recognized with, among other things, memberships of the German National Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London).

Is an absolute knowledge of the world possible?.- Are there unsolvable world enigmas?.- How could life have originated?.- What is information?.- Is language a general principle of nature?.- Can the beauty of Nature be objectified?.- What is time?.- Can history be condensed into formulae?.- Where is science going?

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	The Frontiers Collection
Übersetzer	Paul Woolley
Zusatzinfo	X, 200 p. 40 illus., 38 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	332 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Applied Information Theory • Computability of Nature • Epistemological Aspects of Science • Future Development of Science • Information Theory in Science • knowledge technology • Limits of Science • Nature of Time and History • origin of life • origin of the universe
ISBN-10	3-319-88421-2 / 3319884212
ISBN-13	978-3-319-88421-9 / 9783319884219
Zustand	Neuware