The Resource The end of discovery, by Russell Stannard
The end of discovery, by Russell Stannard
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The item The end of discovery, by Russell Stannard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "Many scientists make extravagant claims as to the scope and power of scientific thinking, claiming that ultimately it will provide a complete understanding of everything. But Russell Stannard, himself an eminent high-energy physicist, strongly disagrees with this grandiose claim. Indeed, in The End of Discovery, Stannard argues that eventually - perhaps in a few decades, perhaps in a few centuries - fundamental science will reach the limit of what it can explain. On that day, the scientific age, like the stone age and the iron age before it, will come to an end. To highlight the boundaries of scientific understanding, Stannard takes readers on an engaging tour of some of the deepest questions facing science today - questions to do with consciousness, free will, the nature of space, time, and matter, the existence of extraterrestrial life, and much more. For instance, from his own research field, he points out that to understand the subatomic world, scientists depend of particle accelerators, but to understand the very smallest units of nature, it has been calculated that we would need an accelerator the size of a galaxy. Clearly, unless a new approach comes along, we might never understand fully the most basic building blocks of the universe. As a scientist, Stannard remains hopeful that several of the questions addressed will one day be answered. But other puzzles will remain for all time - and we may never even realize it when we have hit an insuperable barrier in those directions. He assures us that there will always be new uses of scientific knowledge. Technology will continue. But fundamental science itself - the making of fresh discoveries as to how the world works - must ultimately grind to a halt."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 228 pages
- Note
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- Includes index
- "Are we approaching the boundaries of the knowable?"--Jacket
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Brain and consciousness
- Creation of the cosmos
- The laws of nature
- The anthropic principle
- The size of the cosmos
- Extraterrestrial life
- The nature of space
- Space in relation to time
- The nature of time
- High energy physics
- The quantum world
- Quantum gravity and string theory
- Concluding remarks
- Isbn
- 9780199585243
- Label
- The end of discovery
- Title
- The end of discovery
- Statement of responsibility
- by Russell Stannard
- Subject
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- Beschränkung
- Erkenntnis
- History
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Naturwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften -- Philosophie
- Beschränkung
- Philosophie -- Naturwissenschaften
- Physics
- Physics -- History
- Science -- Philosophy
- Science -- Philosophy
- Wissenschaftstheorie
- fundamental science
- Naturwissenschaften -- Zukunft
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Many scientists make extravagant claims as to the scope and power of scientific thinking, claiming that ultimately it will provide a complete understanding of everything. But Russell Stannard, himself an eminent high-energy physicist, strongly disagrees with this grandiose claim. Indeed, in The End of Discovery, Stannard argues that eventually - perhaps in a few decades, perhaps in a few centuries - fundamental science will reach the limit of what it can explain. On that day, the scientific age, like the stone age and the iron age before it, will come to an end. To highlight the boundaries of scientific understanding, Stannard takes readers on an engaging tour of some of the deepest questions facing science today - questions to do with consciousness, free will, the nature of space, time, and matter, the existence of extraterrestrial life, and much more. For instance, from his own research field, he points out that to understand the subatomic world, scientists depend of particle accelerators, but to understand the very smallest units of nature, it has been calculated that we would need an accelerator the size of a galaxy. Clearly, unless a new approach comes along, we might never understand fully the most basic building blocks of the universe. As a scientist, Stannard remains hopeful that several of the questions addressed will one day be answered. But other puzzles will remain for all time - and we may never even realize it when we have hit an insuperable barrier in those directions. He assures us that there will always be new uses of scientific knowledge. Technology will continue. But fundamental science itself - the making of fresh discoveries as to how the world works - must ultimately grind to a halt."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stannard, Russell
- Dewey number
- 501
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175
- LC item number
- .S7448 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Physics
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Physics
- Science
- Naturwissenschaften
- Erkenntnis
- Beschränkung
- Wissenschaftstheorie
- Naturwissenschaften
- Philosophie
- Naturwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften
- Beschränkung
- Science
- Label
- The end of discovery, by Russell Stannard
- Note
-
- Includes index
- "Are we approaching the boundaries of the knowable?"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Brain and consciousness -- Creation of the cosmos -- The laws of nature -- The anthropic principle -- The size of the cosmos -- Extraterrestrial life -- The nature of space -- Space in relation to time -- The nature of time -- High energy physics -- The quantum world -- Quantum gravity and string theory -- Concluding remarks
- Control code
- ocn587229757
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199585243
- Lccn
- 2010930293
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780199585243
- (OCoLC)587229757
- Label
- The end of discovery, by Russell Stannard
- Note
-
- Includes index
- "Are we approaching the boundaries of the knowable?"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Brain and consciousness -- Creation of the cosmos -- The laws of nature -- The anthropic principle -- The size of the cosmos -- Extraterrestrial life -- The nature of space -- Space in relation to time -- The nature of time -- High energy physics -- The quantum world -- Quantum gravity and string theory -- Concluding remarks
- Control code
- ocn587229757
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199585243
- Lccn
- 2010930293
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199585243
- (OCoLC)587229757
Subject
- Beschränkung
- Erkenntnis
- History
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Naturwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften -- Philosophie
- Beschränkung
- Philosophie -- Naturwissenschaften
- Physics
- Physics -- History
- Science -- Philosophy
- Science -- Philosophy
- Wissenschaftstheorie
- fundamental science
- Naturwissenschaften -- Zukunft
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