Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of LimitsOxford University Press, 1998 - Всего страниц: 279 Explores the frontiers of knowledge, discussing the restrictions that may be imposed upon a full understanding of the physical universe by the limits of technology, computers, cost, and complexity; and considering how the mind's awareness of the impossible influences perceptions of reality. |
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The art of the impossible | 1 |
Those for whom all things are possible | 7 |
Visual paradox | 13 |
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