The Computability of the World How Far Can Science Take Us? /

• Main Author: Küppers, Bernd-Olaf (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Philosophy of nature.; Life sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Popular Science in Physics.; Complex Systems.; Philosophy of Nature.; Popular Life Sciences.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

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 unsolva...

Table of Contents:

• 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?