Essays on the Future

In Honor of Nick Metropolis

Siegfried S. Hecker, Gian-Carlo Rota (Urheber)

Buch | Hardcover

XVI, 276 Seiten

2000
Springer, Basel (Verlag)
978-3-7643-3856-5 (ISBN)

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The present work represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick Metropolis, who passed away in October, 1999. Nick was the last survivor of the Manhattan Project that began during World War II in Los Alamos and later became the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In this volume, some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have contributed essays related to their respective disciplines exploring various aspects of future developments in science, technology, and society. Speculations on the future developments of science and society, philosophy, national security, nuclear power, pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, information science, among many others, are included. Contributors include: H. Agnew R. Ashenhurst K. Baclawski G. Baker N. Balazs J.A. Freed R. Hamming M. Hawrylycz O. Judd D. Kleitman M. Krieger N. Krikorian P. Lax J.D. Louck T. Puck M. Raju R. Richtmyer J. Schwartz R. Sokolowski E. Teller M. Waterman

From the contents:
- Belated Thoughts.-The Future of Nuclear Power.-The Nature of Informational Modeling.-Long Time, No See.-The Once and Future Role for Approximate Calculations.-Possible Future Trends in Relativity.-The Future of Libraries.-The Future of Physics.-The Monte Carlo Method in Mathematical Finance.-A Future Basis for National Security and International Policy.-On the Future of Combinatorics.-Apocalypticism, One-Time Events, and Scientific Rationality.-The Future of Differential Equations.-The Future of Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum.-Cancer and the Future.-Cancer Treatment with Nuclear Particles.-On Pure and applied Mathematics.-The Legion of Science .-Future Issues in Philosophy.-The Enjoyment of Surprises.-The Future of Western Civilization.-Mathematical Sciences and the New Biology.

Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	574 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Metropolis, Nick • Zukunftsforschung
ISBN-10	3-7643-3856-3 / 3764338563
ISBN-13	978-3-7643-3856-5 / 9783764338565
Zustand	Neuware