Infinity and the Mind - Softcover

Rucker, Rudy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553255312 ISBN 13: 9780553255317

Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1983

Inhaltsangabe

In Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he calls the "Mindscape," where he explores infinity in all its forms: potential and actual, mathematical and physical, theological and mundane. Rucker acquaints us with Gödel's rotating universe, in which it is theoretically possible to travel into the past, and explains an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which billions of parallel worlds are produced every microsecond. It is in the realm of infinity, he maintains, that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic. By closely examining the paradoxes that arise from this merging, we can learn a great deal about the human mind, its powers, and its limitations. Using cartoons, puzzles, and quotations to enliven his text, Rucker guides us through such topics as the paradoxes of set theory, the possibilities of physical infinities, and the results of Gödel's incompleteness theorems. His personal encounters with Gödel the mathematician and philosopher provide a rare glimpse at genius and reveal what very few mathematicians have dared to admit: the transcendent implications of Platonic realism.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1983
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0553255312
• ISBN 13: 9780553255317
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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