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Title: Science of Can & Can’t, The
Author: MARLETTO CHIARA
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 03/08/2021
Imprint: ALLEN LANE
Price: $45.00
Publishing status: Active
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe
There is a vast class of properties, which science has so far neglected, that relate not only to what is true – the actual – but to what could be true- the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can’t.
A pioneer in the field, Chiara Marletto explores the extraordinary promise that this revolutionary approach holds for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering next-generation processors to designing AI. But by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, Marletto goes deeper still, showing how counterfactuals can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete, abundant and rewarding picture of the universe itself.
ISBN: 9780241310946
Pages: 272