On the brink of paradox : (Record no. 6358)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262039413 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Item number | RAY |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rayo, AgustÃn |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | On the brink of paradox : |
| Remainder of title | highlights from the intersection of philosophy and mathematics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | USA |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | MIT Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 302p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | An introduction to awe-inspiring ideas at the brink of paradox: infinities of different sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, and computability theory.<br/><br/>This book introduces the reader to awe-inspiring issues at the intersection of philosophy and mathematics. It explores ideas at the brink of paradox: infinities of different sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, computability theory, the Grandfather Paradox, Newcomb's Problem, the Principle of Countable Additivity. The goal is to present some exceptionally beautiful ideas in enough detail to enable readers to understand the ideas themselves (rather than watered-down approximations), but without supplying so much detail that they abandon the effort. The philosophical content requires a mind attuned to subtlety; the most demanding of the mathematical ideas require familiarity with college-level mathematics or mathematical proof. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Paradoxes |
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| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Mathematics | 287 | 31.03.2021 | Plaksha University Library | Plaksha University Library | 16/09/2021 | T V Enterprises | 4208.00 | 5 | 2 | 510 RAY | 000974 | 28/10/2024 | 01/10/2024 | 16/09/2021 | Book |