The Science of Can and Can't : A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
Chiara Marletto
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true - the actual - but to what could be true: the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't. A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.
Année:
2020
Edition:
1
Editeur::
Allen Lane
Langue:
english
Pages:
336
ISBN 10:
0241310946
ISBN 13:
9780241310946
Fichier:
EPUB, 3.70 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2020