Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect - Slobodkin, Lawrence B.
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"If it were necessary, for some curious legal reason, to draw a clear line between human and nonhuman--for example, if a group of australopithecines were to appear and one had to decide if they were to be protected by Fair Employment Laws or by the ASPCA--I would welcome them as humans if I knew that they were seriously concerned about how to bury their dead." In this witty and wise way, Lawrence Slobodkin takes us on a spirited quest for the multiple meanings of simplicity in all facets of life. Slobodkin begins at the beginning, with a consideration of how simplicity came into play in the development of religious doctrines. He nimbly moves on to the arts--where he ranges freely from dining to painting--and then focuses more sharply on the role of simplicity in science. Here we witness the historical beginnings of modern science as a search for the fewest number of terms, the smallest number of assumptions, or the lowest exponents, while still meeting criteria for descriptive accuracy. The result may be an e...
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1993Uitgever: Harvard University Press, Cambridge USA / London266 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0674808266ISBN-13: 9780674808263Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Slobodkin, Lawrence B.] [Pagina's: 266] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Harvard University Press, Cambridge USA / London] [Jaar: 1993] [Titel: Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect]
