Mathematics and the Natural Sciences Hardback -
by Francis Bailly Giuseppe Longo
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- Title Mathematics and the Natural Sciences
- Author Francis Bailly Giuseppe Longo
- Binding Hardback
- Condition New
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Imperial College Press
- Date pp. xvii + 318
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 61912403
- ISBN 9781848166936 / 1848166931
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Library of Congress subjects Physics - Philosophy, Mathematics - Philosophy
- Dewey Decimal Code 510
From the jacket flap
As for biology, being particularly difficult and not as thoroughly examined at a theoretical level, we propose a "unification by concepts," an attempt which should always precede mathematisation. This constitutes an outline for unification also basing itself upon the highlighting of conceptual differences, of complex points of passage, of technical irreducibilities of one field to another. Indeed, a monist point of view such as ours should not make us blind: we, the living objects, are surely just big bags of molecules or, at least, this is our main metaphysical assumption. The point though is: which theory can help us to better understand these bags of molecules, as they are, indeed, rather "singular," from the physical point of view. Technically, this singularity is expressed by the notion of "extended criticality," a notion that logically extends the pointwise critical transitions in physics.