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The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers.
- Title
- The end of certainty : time, chaos, and the new laws of nature / Ilya Prigogine ; in collaboration with Isabelle Stengers.
- Author
- Prigogine, I. (Ilya)
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, 1997.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Stengers, Isabelle
- Description
- ix, 228 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.
- Uniform Title
- Fin des certitudes. English
- Alternative Title
- Fin des certitudes.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: A New Rationality? -- 1. Epicurus' Dilemma -- 2. Only an Illusion? -- 3. From Probability to Irreversibility -- 4. Laws of Chaos -- 5. Beyond Newton's Laws -- 6. Unified Formulation of Quantum Theory -- 7. Our Dialogue with Nature -- 8. Does Time Precede Existence? -- 9. Narrow Path.
- ISBN
- 0684837056
- LCCN
- ^^^97003001^
- OCLC
- 36476962
- SCSB-10180915
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library