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The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

Chiara Marletto

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A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe. There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true the actual but to what could be true: the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't.

A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.

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Pages:: 272 pages

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Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0241310946

ISBN13:: 9780241310946

kindle Asin:: B08GJWFK92

The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

Chiara Marletto

3.68/5 (415 ratings)

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A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe. There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true the actual but to what could be true: the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't.

A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.

Format:

Pages:: 272 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0241310946

ISBN13:: 9780241310946

kindle Asin:: B08GJWFK92

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