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Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits / John D. Barrow

This text explores the fundamental limits of human discovery across cosmology, mathematics, and physics. It examines biological, practical, and theoretical barriers to knowledge, including physical laws, uncomputability, and the finiteness of resources.

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