The Computability of the World How Far Can Science Take Us?
In this thought-provoking book Küppers, an internationally renowned physicist, philosopher and theoretical biologist, addresses a number of science's deepest questions: Can physics advance to the origin of all things and explain the unique
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Bernd-Olaf Küppers
THE COMPUTABILITY OF THE WORLD How Far Can Science Take Us?
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THE FRONTIERS COLLECTION Series editors Avshalom C. Elitzur Iyar The Israel Institute for Advanced Research, Rehovot, Israel e-mail: [email protected] Zeeya Merali Foundational Questions Institute, Decatur, GA 30031, USA e-mail: [email protected] T. Padmanabhan Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India e-mail: [email protected] Maximilian Schlosshauer Department of Physics, University of Portland, Portland, OR 97203, USA e-mail: [email protected] Mark P. Silverman Department of Physics, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, USA e-mail: [email protected] Jack A. Tuszynski Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada e-mail: [email protected] Rüdiger Vaas Bild der wissenschaft, Redaktion Astronomie, Physik, 70771 Leinfelden‐Echterdingen, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
THE FRONTIERS COLLECTION
Series Editors A.C. Elitzur Z. Merali T. Padmanabhan M. Schlosshauer M.P. Silverman J.A. Tuszynski R. Vaas The books in this collection are devoted to challenging and open problems at the forefront of modern science, including related philosophical debates. In contrast to typical research monographs, however, they strive to present their topics in a manner accessible also to scientifically literate non-specialists wishing to gain insight into the deeper implications and fascinating questions involved. Taken as a whole, the series reflects the need for a fundamental and interdisciplinary approach to modern science. Furthermore, it is intended to encourage active scientists in all areas to ponder over important and perhaps controversial issues beyond their own speciality. Extending from quantum physics and relativity to entropy, consciousness and complex systems—the Frontiers Collection will inspire readers to push back the frontiers of their own knowledge.
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Bernd-Olaf Küppers
The Computability of the World How Far Can Science Take Us?
123
Bernd-Olaf Küppers Munich Germany
Translated by Paul Woolley Berlin Germany
ISSN 1612-3018 ISSN 2197-6619 (electronic) THE FRONTIERS COLLECTION ISBN 978-3-319-67367-7 ISBN 978-3-319-67369-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67369-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017953800 The original version of this book was published in German under the title „Die Berechenbarkeit der Welt: Grenzfragen der exakten Wissenschaften“ in 2012 by S. Hirzel Verlag (Stuttgart). © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and t
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