La fine delle certezze

It must be said that my background in mathematics (which is about what could be expected of a "layman" who is interested in science) was not quite up to following the mathematical demonstrations in the book. For a book allegedly written for a lay audience, the author could have done better laying ou Leggi tutto

The book begins by asserting the importance of the role of time in the newly emerging science. Albert Einstein often asserted that Time is an illusion. This is true but only within the confines of classical Newtonian dynamics, relativity and quantum physics which do not distinguish between past and

Although some of the more discipline-friendly language eluded my grasp, I appreciated the connections (outside of the realm of science )that Prigogine made and I found his argument about the existence of time and the uncertainty that it brings with it to physics to be quite exciting (at several junc Leggi tutto

Completely missed the general audience. The irreversibility of time, far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics,autopoeisis of complex systems - who wouldn't have been excited about this book? But ... I just got roughed up by a math-stick. Better to read Deacon's Incomplete Nature for a clearer exposition of Leggi tutto

Em “O Fim das Certezas”, o Nobel de Química Ilya Prigogine expõe como (1) a física de não equilíbrio e (2) a descrição de sistemas dinâmicos instáveis permitem uma reconciliação das leis físicas (tanto as clássicas quanto as quânticas) com a ideia de “flecha do tempo”. Dos avanços desses dois campos Leggi tutto

On a scientific philosophical scale, Prigogine accomplishes what Whitehead or Bergson could not. On a scientific scale, he somewhat rescues all those who are incessantly struggling in the quagmire of Quantum paradox as well as limitations of classical Newtonian mechanics. He also rescues those proba Leggi tutto

[Nota preliminar: li a edição brasileira feita pela Unesp, que ainda não foi cadastrada.] Às vezes faltam cientistas que se arrisquem mais em teses originais, mas o modo como Prigogine o faz não serve como o melhor dos exemplos. Embora suas ideias sejam bastante interessantes (a verdadeira natureza d Leggi tutto

Prigogine makes lots of interesting arguments in this book. He argues at length for the necessity of an arrow of time to account for time-irreversible processes studied in thermodynamics. Far-from-equilibrium processes and chaotic systems provide the examples, and as he points out, these are the mos Leggi tutto

"The End of Certainty," another of Prigogine's works, delves deeply into the issue of time in classical and quantum mechanics. Unlike his other books aimed at a general audience, this one requires a more robust mathematical foundation to fully grasp the concepts discussed. Prigogine begins by examini Leggi tutto