In this conversational reader, DeVito aims to illuminate the usefulness, universality, and particularity of mathematics for a popular audience by discussing the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligenc
This book explores concepts of games and strategies to provide a paradigm for understanding the nature of computation and provides an elementary introduction to the mathematics and modelling of compu
Automotive technicians and students need a firm grasp of science and technology in order to fully appreciate and understand how mechanisms and systems of modern vehicles work. Automotive Science and M
Imre Lakatos' philosophical and scientific papers are published here in two volumes. Volume I brings together his very influential but scattered papers on the philosophy of the physical sciences, and includes one important unpublished essay on the effect of Newton's scientific achievement. Volume 2 presents his work on the philosophy of mathematics (much of it unpublished), together with some critical essays on contemporary philosophers of science and some famous polemical writings on political and educational issues.