The science of can and can't : a physicist's journey through the land of counterfactuals
Marletto, Chiara2021
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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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London : Allen Lane, 2021.
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336 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780241310946 (hbk)0241310946 (hbk)9780241310953 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
501 MAR
LC class:
Q175
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English
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BRN:
376562