Bedeviled: a shadow history of demons in science
How scientists conjure demons to unlock the secrets of the universeScience may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the s...
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| Zusammenfassung: | How scientists conjure demons to unlock the secrets of the universeScience may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments-experiments that can only be done in the imagination-and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology.Spanning four centuries of discovery-from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond-Jimena Canales tells a shadow history of science and the demons that bedevil it. She reveals how the greatest scientific thinkers used demons to explore problems, test the limits of what is possible, and better understand nature. Their imaginary familiars helped unlock the secrets of entropy, heredity, relativity, quantum mechanics, and other scientific wonders-and continue to inspire breakthroughs in the realms of computer science, artificial intelligence, and economics today.The world may no longer be haunted as it once was, but the demons of the scientific imagination are alive and well, continuing to play a vital role in scientists' efforts to explore the unknown and make the impossible real |
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| spelling | Canales, Jimena 1973- Verfasser (DE-588)141363746 aut Bedeviled a shadow history of demons in science Jimena Canales Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2020] © 2020 1 Online-Ressource (x, 398 Seiten) Illustrationen txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier How scientists conjure demons to unlock the secrets of the universeScience may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments-experiments that can only be done in the imagination-and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology.Spanning four centuries of discovery-from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond-Jimena Canales tells a shadow history of science and the demons that bedevil it. She reveals how the greatest scientific thinkers used demons to explore problems, test the limits of what is possible, and better understand nature. Their imaginary familiars helped unlock the secrets of entropy, heredity, relativity, quantum mechanics, and other scientific wonders-and continue to inspire breakthroughs in the realms of computer science, artificial intelligence, and economics today.The world may no longer be haunted as it once was, but the demons of the scientific imagination are alive and well, continuing to play a vital role in scientists' efforts to explore the unknown and make the impossible real Geschichte gnd rswk-swf AI. Alan Turing Brownian motion Bruno Latour Cartesian Erwin Schrödinger French Revolution Johann von Neumann Karl Pearson Marvin Minsky Max Planck Maxwell's demon;Laplace's demon;Marie Curie;Max Born Michel Serres Norbert Wiener Oliver G. Selfridge Paul Samuelson Pierre Bourdieu Richard Feynman Werner Heisenberg atomic bomb cybernetics daemon demonology ethics of technology evolution natural selection pandemonium radioactivity religion and science virtual reality SCIENCE / History bisacsh Creative ability in science History Demonology Imagination Dämon (DE-588)4010872-7 gnd rswk-swf Gedankenexperiment (DE-588)4280370-6 gnd rswk-swf Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd rswk-swf Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 s Gedankenexperiment (DE-588)4280370-6 s Dämon (DE-588)4010872-7 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-0-691-17532-4 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186078 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Canales, Jimena 1973- Bedeviled a shadow history of demons in science AI. Alan Turing Brownian motion Bruno Latour Cartesian Erwin Schrödinger French Revolution Johann von Neumann Karl Pearson Marvin Minsky Max Planck Maxwell's demon;Laplace's demon;Marie Curie;Max Born Michel Serres Norbert Wiener Oliver G. Selfridge Paul Samuelson Pierre Bourdieu Richard Feynman Werner Heisenberg atomic bomb cybernetics daemon demonology ethics of technology evolution natural selection pandemonium radioactivity religion and science virtual reality SCIENCE / History bisacsh Creative ability in science History Demonology Imagination Dämon (DE-588)4010872-7 gnd Gedankenexperiment (DE-588)4280370-6 gnd Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd |
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| topic | AI. Alan Turing Brownian motion Bruno Latour Cartesian Erwin Schrödinger French Revolution Johann von Neumann Karl Pearson Marvin Minsky Max Planck Maxwell's demon;Laplace's demon;Marie Curie;Max Born Michel Serres Norbert Wiener Oliver G. Selfridge Paul Samuelson Pierre Bourdieu Richard Feynman Werner Heisenberg atomic bomb cybernetics daemon demonology ethics of technology evolution natural selection pandemonium radioactivity religion and science virtual reality SCIENCE / History bisacsh Creative ability in science History Demonology Imagination Dämon (DE-588)4010872-7 gnd Gedankenexperiment (DE-588)4280370-6 gnd Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd |
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