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The Primacy of Doubt
From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world
Buch von Tim Palmer
Sprache: Englisch

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The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to consciousness.
The Primacy of Doubt takes us on a unique journey through the science of uncertainty, covering a breathtaking range of topics, from climate change to the foundations of quantum physics, economic modelling to conflict prediction, free will to consciousness.
Über den Autor
Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Following a PhD in general relativity theory, he spent much of his career working on the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate, developing probabilistic ensemble prediction systems across a range of weather and climate timescales. He also researches the foundations of quantum physics, in addition to applications of quantum and imprecise computing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Amongst other awards, he has won the Institute of Physics Dirac Gold Medal, and the top medals of the American and European Meteorological Societies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: The Primacy of Doubt - From Two Perspectives

  • Part I: The Science of Uncertainty and the Geometry of Chaos

  • 2: Chaos, Chaos Everywhere

  • 3: The Geometry of Chaos

  • 4: Noisy, Million-Dollar Butterflies

  • 5: Quantum Uncertainty - Determinism Lost?

  • Part II: The Science of Uncertainty to Predict Our Chaotic World

  • 6: The Two Roads to Monte Carlo

  • 7: Climate Change: Catastrophe or Just Lukewarm?

  • 8: Pandemics

  • 9: Financial Crashes

  • 10: Deadly Conflict and the Digital Ensemble of Spaceship Earth

  • 11: Decisions! Decisions!

  • Part III: The Science of Uncertainty to Understand Our Chaotic World

  • 12: Quantum Uncertainty: Determinism Regained?

  • 13: Noisy Billion-Dollar Brains

  • 14: Free Will, Consciousness and Theology

  • Acknowledgements

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780192843593
ISBN-10: 0192843591
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Palmer, Tim
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 237 x 154 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Palmer
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 121197300
Über den Autor
Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Following a PhD in general relativity theory, he spent much of his career working on the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate, developing probabilistic ensemble prediction systems across a range of weather and climate timescales. He also researches the foundations of quantum physics, in addition to applications of quantum and imprecise computing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Amongst other awards, he has won the Institute of Physics Dirac Gold Medal, and the top medals of the American and European Meteorological Societies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: The Primacy of Doubt - From Two Perspectives

  • Part I: The Science of Uncertainty and the Geometry of Chaos

  • 2: Chaos, Chaos Everywhere

  • 3: The Geometry of Chaos

  • 4: Noisy, Million-Dollar Butterflies

  • 5: Quantum Uncertainty - Determinism Lost?

  • Part II: The Science of Uncertainty to Predict Our Chaotic World

  • 6: The Two Roads to Monte Carlo

  • 7: Climate Change: Catastrophe or Just Lukewarm?

  • 8: Pandemics

  • 9: Financial Crashes

  • 10: Deadly Conflict and the Digital Ensemble of Spaceship Earth

  • 11: Decisions! Decisions!

  • Part III: The Science of Uncertainty to Understand Our Chaotic World

  • 12: Quantum Uncertainty: Determinism Regained?

  • 13: Noisy Billion-Dollar Brains

  • 14: Free Will, Consciousness and Theology

  • Acknowledgements

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780192843593
ISBN-10: 0192843591
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Palmer, Tim
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 237 x 154 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Palmer
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 121197300
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