Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits
Explores the frontiers of knowledge, discussing the restrictions that may be imposed upon a full understanding of the physical universe by the limits of technology, computers, cost, and complexity; and considering how the mind's awareness of the impossible influences perceptions of reality.
GenresSciencePhilosophyKnowledge, Theory of
279 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1998 by Vintage · ISBN 9780099772118
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2 editions
English
- Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits · Vintage · 1999 · ISBN 9780099772118 This page
- Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits · Oxford University Press · 1998 · ISBN 9780198503781
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