Essays on the future : in honor of Nick Metropolis

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Essays on the future : in honor of Nick Metropolis

Siegfried S. Hecker, Gian-Carlo Rota, editors

Birkhäuser, c2000

  • alk. paper
  • alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references

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alk. paper ISBN 9780817638566

内容説明

This collection represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick Metropolis, the last survivor of the World War II Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. 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 and society, philosophy, national security, nuclear power, pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, and information science.

目次

I. The Future of Nuclear Power.- II. The Nature of Informational Modeling.- III. Long Time, No See Categorization in Information Science.- IV. The Once and Future Role for Approximate Calculations.- V. Possible Future Trends in Relativity.- VI. The Future of Libraries.- VII. The Future of Physics Information Hiding.- VIII. The Monte Carlo Method in Mathematical Finance.- IX. A Future Basis for National Security and International Policy Fresh Water.- X. On the Future of Combinatorics.- XI. Apocalypticism, One-Time Events, and Scientific Rationality.- XII. The Future of Russian Science and Technology Some Personal Impressions.- XIII. The Future of Differential Equations.- XIV. The Future of Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.- XV. Cancer and the Future.- XVI. Cancer Treatment with Nuclear Particles.- XVII. On Pure and Applied Mathematics.- XVIII. The 'Legion of Science' Another Way of Exploiting Computer Technology for Scientific Discovery.- XIX. Future Issues in Philosophy.- XX. The Enjoyment of Surprises.- XXI. The Future of Western Civilization.- XXII. Mathematical Sciences and The New Biology.
巻冊次

alk. paper ISBN 9783764338565

内容説明

This work represents an undertaking in scientific publishing to honour Nick Metropolis, a survivor of the Manhattan Project that began during World War II in Los Alamos and later became the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

目次

  • Future for nuclear power, H. Agnew
  • the nature of information modelling, R. Ashenhurst
  • long time, not see - categorisation in information science, K. Baclawski
  • the once and future role of approximate calculations, G. Baker
  • possible future trends in relativity, N. Balazs
  • the future of libraries, J.A. Freed
  • a future of physics - information hiding, R. Hamming
  • the Monte Carlo method in mathematical finance, M. Hawrylycz
  • a future basis for national security and international policy, O. Judd
  • on the future of combinatorics, D. Kleitman
  • apocalypticism, one-time events, and scientific rationality, M. Krieger
  • the future of Russian science and technology - some personal impressions, N. Krikorian
  • the future of the Quantum theory of angular momentum - discrete mathematics and combinatorics, J.D. Louck
  • cancer and the future, T. Puck
  • cancer treatment with nuclear particles, M. Raju
  • on pure and applied mathematics, R. Richtmyer
  • the "legion of science" - another way to exploiting computer technology for scientific discovery, J. Schwartz
  • future issues in philosophy, R. Sokolowski
  • the enjoyment of surprises, E. Teller
  • the future of western civilisation, E. Teller
  • mathematical sciences and the new biology, M. Waterman.

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