The island of knowledge : (Record no. 4356)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2013046890
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780465031719 (hardback)
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International Standard Book Number 0465031714 (hardback)
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780465080731 (e-book)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)855606772
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)855580506
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q175.32.M43
Item number G57 2014
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 501
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 501
Item number G557i
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gleiser, Marcelo,
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The island of knowledge :
Remainder of title the limits of science and the search for meaning /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Marcelo Gleiser.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2014]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv, 335 pages ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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Media type term unmediated
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Carrier type term volume
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The Island of Knowledge -- The origin of the world and the nature of the heavens. The will to believe ; Beyond space and time ; To be, or to become? That is the question ; Lessons from Plato's dream ; The transformative power of a new observational tool ; Cracking open the dome of heaven ; Science as nature's Grand Narrative ; The plasticity of space ; The restless universe ; there is no now ; Cosmic blindness ; splitting infinities ; Rolling downhill ; Counting universes ; Interlude : a promenade along the string landscape ; Can we test the multiverse hypothesis? -- From alchemy to the quantum : the elusive nature of reality. Everything floats in nothingness ; Admirable force and efficacy of art and nature ; The elusive nature of heat ; Mysterious light ; Learning to let go ; The tale of the intrepid anthropologist ; What waves in the quantum realm? ; Can we know what is real? ; Who is afraid of quantum ghosts? ; From whom the bell tolls ; Consciousness and the quantum world ; Back to the beginning -- Mind and meaning. On the laws of humans and the laws of nature ; Incompleteness ; Sinister dreams of transhuman machines, or, The world as information ; Awe and meaning.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Do all questions have answers? How much can we know about the world? Is there such a thing as an ultimate truth? To be human is to want to know, to understand our origins and the meaning of our lives. In The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence, the origin of the universe, the nature of reality, and the limits of knowledge. In so doing, he reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main tool we use to find answers, is fundamentally limited. As science and its philosophical interpretations advance, we are often faced with the unsettling recognition of how much we don't know. Limits to our knowledge of the world arise both from our tools of exploration and from the nature of physical reality: the speed of light, the uncertainty principle, the second law of thermodynamics, the incompleteness theorem, and our own limitations as an intelligent species. Our view of physical reality depends fundamentally on who we are and on how we interact with the cosmos"--
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision Philosophy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Meaning (Philosophy)
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SCIENCE / History.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Meaning (Philosophy)
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision Philosophy.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Bedeutung.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Naturwissenschaften.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Philosophie.
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999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 10/16/2014 30.00   501 G557I 51994001698168 1 Books