Screen LibraryThe Jinn from hyperspace and other scribblings--both serious and whimsical
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Prometheus Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Amherst, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 307 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781591025658 1591025656 |
| Index Number: | G89 |
| CLC: |
G89 C913.3 |
| Call Number: | G89/G227 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. The false memory wars -- The sad case of Father Shanley -- Penrose : The road to reality -- Penrose : The emperor's new mind -- Time-reversed worlds -- The ars magna of Ramon Lull -- The Banach-Tarski paradox -- Transcendental numbers and early birds -- A defense of Platonic realism -- The Jinn from hyperspace -- Satan and the apple -- Blabbage's decision paradox -- Professor Cracker's antitelephone -- Energy from the vacuum? -- Popco -- Four letters -- Is beauty truth? -- Is string theory in trouble? -- Do loops explain consciousness? -- Chesterton : The Flying Inn -- Chesterton : Manalive |