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1	Godel: A Life of Logic more books like this by John L Casti, PhD, Werner DePauli Kurt Gdel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Shattering hopes that logic would, in the end, allow us a complete understanding of the universe, Gdel's theorem also raised many provocative questions: What are the limits of rational thought? ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Paradigms Lost: Images of Man in the Mirror of Science more books like this by John L. Casti A mathematician presents the great problems of modern science with a unique twist--in the form of a jury trial. Casti argues for the prosecution and the defense, and then renders a verdict on the Origin of Life, Sociobiology, Language Acquisition and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Five Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics and Why They Matter more books like this by John L Casti, PhD Praise for Five Golden Rules "Casti is one of the great science writers of the 1990s...If you'd like to have fun while giving your brain a first-class workout, then check this book out."-Keay Davidson in the San Francisco Examiner. "Five Golden Rules is caviar for the inquiring reader...There is joy here in watching the unfolding of these ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $6.84! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Reality Rules, the Frontier more books like this by John L Casti, PhD "Casti Tours offers the most spectacular vistas of modern applied mathematics."- Nature Mathematical modeling is about rules-the rules of reality. Reality Rules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in which these rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterized by the clarity and vision typical of the author's previous ... see all copies from $5.77! new only from $36.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise more books like this by John L Casti, PhD Science is just realizing that there are relatively few processes that can be correctly predicted, that the greater part of the universe consists of "dynamical systems" that are far more intricate and delicate than logic can encompass. John Casti argues that a complexity that defies human logic is only natural, and unlike anything in the range of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Mathematical Mountaintops more books like this by John L. Casti This work recreates the solutions to the five greatest mathematical problems of all time: The Four-Colour Map Problem, Fermat's Last Theorem, The Continuum Hypothesis, Kepler's Conjecture, and Hilbert's Tenth Problem. The author recounts these mathematical quests emphasizing the human aspect. In retelling the story of Hilbert's Tenth Problem, for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.45! \| first editions
7	Five More Golden Rules more books like this by John L Casti, PhD "Casti is one of the great science writers." -San Francisco Examiner "Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of a good theory." -Christian Science Monitor Following up the acclaimed Five Golden Rules, another quintet of gleaming math discoveries With Five More Golden Rules, readers are ... see all copies from $10.34! new only from $12.85! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculation more books like this by John L Casti, PhD In this narrative tour de force, five of the greatest minds of the twentieth century argue whether machines will ever have the ability to think like humansand whether they should be allowed to do so.. }In this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquirya sort of My ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Paradigms Lost more books like this by John L Casti, PhD Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.91! \| first editions
10	Searching for Certainty: What Scientists Can Know about the Future more books like this by John L Casti, PhD see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Paradigms Regained: A Further Exploration of the Mysteries of Modern Science more books like this by John L. Casti How did life on Earth get started? Can we duplicate human thought in a computing machine? How do children acquire language? Ten years ago, in PARADIGMS LOST, John L. Casti looked at the state of play with these and a handful of other eternal questions, outlining the competing answers on offer and describing the scientists who advocated them. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.08! \| first editions
12	5 Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics and Why They Matter by John L. Casti see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions
13	The One True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction on the Limits of Knowledge more books like this by John L Casti, PhD This book is by the author of "The Cambridge Quintet". John L. Casti's new book continues the tradition of combining science fact with just the right dose of fiction. Part novel, part science - wholly informative and entertaining. In the fall of 1933 the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, welcomed its first ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Complexification more books like this by John L Casti, PhD The author of Searching for Certainty and Paradigms Lost shows how an ingenious, interdisciplinary set of approaches that are together called the "science of surprise" can help explain some of the most inexplicable phenomena in science, nature, the arts, the economy, and more. 60 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	Would-Be Worlds: How the New Science of Simulation is Breaking the Complexity Barrier more books like this by John L. Casti There is a breed of computer simulations, known as "artificial worlds" or "would-be-worlds", that allows scientists to create artificial versions of real-life phenomena inside their computers. This work describes how far these simulations have come and how they are being used as problem solvers, predictors, and simulated scientific experiments. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Alternate Realities: Mathematical Models of Nature and Man more books like this by John L Casti, PhD Praise for Alternate Realities Mathematical Models of Nature and Man " covers the major topics completely and accurately within the context of current knowledge. Indeed, to my knowledge, there is no book which does so nearly as completely and well." - George Leitmann, University of California, Berkeley "Surveys an extensive amount of modern ... see all copies from $4.86! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Mission to Abisko: Stories and Myths in the Creation of Scientific "Truth" more books like this by John L Casti, PhD (Editor), Anders Karlqvist (Editor) We all know well that the science the general public learns is based upon what scientists and journalists tell us in newspapers, magazines, books, and television. But what is not so apparent is that the science that scientists themselves learn, even the paradigms they create, is also based on the stories they tell each other. Twelve top scientists ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
18 view cover	Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos, and Other Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics more books like this by John L Casti, PhD "Casti is one of the greatest science writers." - "San Francisco Examiner". "Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of a good theory." - "Christian Science Monitor". Following up the acclaimed "Five Golden Rules", another quintet of gleaming math discoveries with "Five More Golden ... see all copies from $2.62! new only from $8.32! \| SVS
19 view cover	Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation is Changing the Frontiers of Science more books like this by John L. Casti "As we approach a new century, modelling through new mathematical insights and powerful computers grows apace. John Casti has written a truly important book." - The Sunday Times (London). "As a popular account of the enormous change computers have brought to the everyday practice of science, it is an easy and enjoyable read." - Nature. "Would-Be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.58! \| first editions
20 view cover	Reality Rules, the Fundamentals more books like this by John L Casti, PhD Aiming to bridge the gap between mathematical models and the social experience of reality, this study examines the recent developments in dynamical systems theory. It explores the tools - chaos, linear systems theory, evolutionary game theory - and introduces new areas. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $34.27! \| first editions
21 view cover	Mission to Abisko: Stories and Myths in the Creation of Scientific "Truth" more books like this by With , John L Casti, PhD (Editor), Anders Karlqvist (Editor) We all know well that the science the general public learns is based upon what scientists and journalists tell us in newspapers, magazines, books, and television. But what is not so apparent is that the science that scientists themselves learn, even the paradigms they create, is also based on the stories they tell each other. Twelve top scientists ... see all copies* from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Art and Complexity more books like this by Dan Simmons, John L Casti, PhD (Editor), A Karlqvist (Editor) This title is the result of a one-week workshop sponsored by the Swedish research agency, FRN, on the interface between complexity and art. Among others, it includes discussions on whether "good" art is "complex" art, how artists see the term "complex", and what poets try to convey in word about complex behavior in nature. see all copies from $48.41! new only from $48.41!
23 view cover	Boundaries and Barriers more books like this by John L. Casti, Jeffrey Robbins (Editor), Anders Karlqvist (Editor) Are there scientific problems that cannot be solved? Mathematics is riddled with such problems, but can we pose analogous questions outside of mathematics? Does nature itself impose fundamental limits on our knowledge of the universe? Despite the work of some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, no one really knows. In May 1995 this ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $8.34! \| first editions
24 view cover	Cooperation and Conflict in General Evolutionary Processes more books like this by John L. Casti (Editor), Anders Karlqvist (Editor) In May 1992, within the Arctic Circle and under the midnight sun, a small group of researchers from diverse disciplines met to study one of the most fundamental questions of existence: What are the roles of conflict and cooperation in the evolution of life? The answers that came--from such fields as physics, literature, biology, economics, ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $45.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	Godel: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics more books like this by John L Casti, PhD, Werner DePauli The life and legacy of the greatest logician since Aristotle.. Kurt Gdel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Equally legendary were Gdel's eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $64.60! \| first editions

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