Information and interaction : Eddington, Wheeler, and the limits of knowledge /: Eddington, Wheeler, and the limits of knowledge. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian T. Durham, Dean Rickles, editors.
• Editors: Durham, Ian T; Rickles, Dean
• Contents: Boundaries of Scientific Thought (I. Durham) -- Eddington's Limits of Knowledge: The Role of Religion (M. Stanley) -- Eddington's Dream: A Failed Theory of Everything (H. Kragh) -- All Possible Perspectives: A (Partial) Defence of Eddington's Physics (D. Rickles) -- Tracing the Arrows of Time (F. Weinert) -- Constructor Theory of Information (C. Marletto) -- On Participatory Realism (C.A. Fuchs) -- Toward Physical Realizations of Thermodynamic Resource Theories (N.Y. Halpern) -- Merging Contradictory Laws: Imagining a Contructive Derivation of Quantum Theory (W.K. Wootters) -- Understanding the Electron (K.H. Knuth).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (230 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 121; Physics; Knowledge, Theory of; Science -- Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science -- Quantum Theory; Computers -- Information Technology; Philosophy of science; Mathematical theory of computation; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Science -- Physics; History of science; Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Philosophy of Science; Quantum Computing; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319437606; 3319437607
• Related ISBNs: 9783319437583; 3319437585
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Print version record.
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