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Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits

by 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.

Accession 30371 ISBN 0198518900 Publisher Oxford University Press
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