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Chaos
[Revised entry by Robert Bishop on October 11, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, chaotic-hierarchy.html, definition-trouble.html, global-lyapunov-exponents.html, notes.html, quantum-chaos.html] The...
Sally Rooney on the novel’s form: “You have to feel hemmed in by its limitations to truly love it, to feel excited by it”
Sally Rooney on the novel’s form: “You have to feel hemmed in by its limitations to truly love it, to...
Boltzmann’s Work in Statistical Physics
[Revised entry by Jos Uffink on October 10, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Ludwig Boltzmann (1844 – 1906) is...
The blockbusterization of literature: At any given time, there is just one major book. Today, it’s Han Kang’s
The blockbusterization of literature: At any given time, there is just one major book. Today, it’s Han Kang’s
Writing that extracts universal laws from arresting anecdotes is good for business. But bad for writing. Ask Malcolm Gladwell
Writing that extracts universal laws from arresting anecdotes is good for business. But bad for writing. Ask Malcolm Gladwell
Cryonics, Survival, and the Irreversibility of Death
During a recent trip back home, one of us (Adam) was invited for a tour of the facilities of the...
Why Stephen Hawking gave up on a Theory of Everything
In 2012 Stephen Hawking abandoned belief in the ability of science to describe reality, in favour of a model-dependent account...
ESRC CAM-DTP Funded PhD Studentship on AI and the Free Will Debate
Job List: Europe Name of institution: Anglia Ruskin University Town: Cambridge Country: United Kingdom Job Description: Supervisors Dr Ian van...