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100 1 $aWright, Robert,$d1957-
245 10 $aThree scientists and their gods :$blooking for meaning in an age of information /$cRobert Wright.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTimes Books,$c©1988.
300 $axi, 324 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
505 0 $aPart 1 : Edward Fredkin -- Flying Solo -- Fredkin's island -- A finely mottled universe -- The moment of discovery -- The road to riches -- The billiard ball computer -- Dues ex machina -- The meaning of life -- Part 2 : information in formation -- What is information? -- What is meaning? -- Part 3 : Edward O. Wilson -- Unity -- Ants -- People -- Culture -- Mutiny -- God -- Part 4 : social cement -- What is communication? -- What is complexity? -- Part 5 : Kenneth Boulding -- Seminar at the sage -- The Boulding papers -- Ambush at the Eagle Tavern -- The organization revolution -- Dinner at the Penington -- Pierre and Adam and Kenneth -- The ultimate synthesis -- Epilogue : the meanings of the meaning of life.
520 $aFrom the lives of three brilliant and eccentric thinkers, Robert Wright has fashioned an intellectual adventure story that is at once scientific and spiritual. Three Scientists and Their Gods is a look at the nature of both inquiry and faith, at the hazy line where scientific hypothesis passes over into fervent conviction. At the same time, it is a look at how modern science can inform our deepest convictions; it is, in the end, the story of what science has to say about the meaning of modern life.
600 17 $aFredkin, Edward,$d1934-$2rasuqam
600 17 $aWilson, Edward Osborne,$d1929-$2rasuqam
600 17 $aBoulding, Kenneth Ewart,$d1910-1993.$2rasuqam
650 0 $aInformation theory.
650 7 $aInformation theory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00973149
650 7 $aThéorie de l'information.$2rasuqam
650 7 $aÉvolution.$2rasuqam
650 7 $aSignification.$2rasuqam
650 04 $aInformation theory
776 08 $iOnline version:$aWright, Robert, 1957-$tThree scientists and their gods.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Times Books, ©1988$w(OCoLC)610204089
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