ISBN:
9789811237874
,
9811237875
,
9789811238543
,
9811238545
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 419 pages
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Scheeline, Alexander Bandwidth
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Science Social aspects
;
Mathematics Social aspects
;
Mathematics and civilization
;
Science and civilization
;
Informationsverarbeitung
;
Messung
;
Kognition
;
Beschränkung
;
Bias
;
Gesellschaft
;
Komplexes System
Abstract:
"This book explains how limitations in the movement and perception of information constrain human behavior, cognition, interaction, and perspective. How fast can we learn? How much? Why are habits and biases unavoidable? Aspects considered include: how much information can one human absorb in a lifetime? How far does a process of perturbation propagate? How do specialization or generalization, critical thinking or belief, influence what people accomplish? It is aimed at general readers and scientists with an interest in how limitations of the physical sciences affect society and human behavior"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Measurement -- Correlation vs. causation -- Noise -- Signal -- Uncertainty, quantum and classical -- Sampling -- Bandwidth -- Detection limit -- Dynamic range -- Potential wells -- Nonlinearity, complexity, and chaos -- Markov processes and renormalization -- Neural networks -- Qualitative, quantitative, triage -- Doug Hofstadter got it right : the Gödel theorem -- Mental zoom lens -- Theology and religion -- Politics, business, and law in light of mathematical concepts -- Research and freedom in light of mathematical concepts -- Afterword : cold orange juice.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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