This fascinating book written by Ali Sanayei and Otto E. Rössler is not a classic scientific publication, but a vivid dialogue on science, philosophy and the interdisciplinary intersections of science and technology with biographic elements. Chaotic Harmony: A Dialog about Physics, Complexity and Life represents a discussion between Otto Rössler and his colleague and student, focusing on the different areas of science and highlights their mutual relations. The book's concept of interdisciplinary dialogue is unusual nowadays although it has a long tradition in science. It provides insight not only into interesting topics that are often closely linked, but also into the mind of a prominent scientist in the field of physics, chaos and complexity in general. It allows a deep look into the fascinating process of scientific development and discovery and provides a very interesting background of known and unknown facts in the areas of complex processes in physics, cosmology, biology, brains and systems in general. This book will be valuable to all who are interested in science, its evolution and in an unconventional and original look at various issues. Surely it can serve as an inspiration for students, explaining the often overlooked fact that science and philosophy enrich each other.
Author(s): Ali Sanayei, Otto E. Rössler (auth.)
Series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation 11
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 278
Tags: Complexity; Philosophy of Science; Nonlinear Dynamics; Complex Systems
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Early Steps in Science....Pages 1-7
Entering Theoretical Biology....Pages 9-13
Dynamical Function Change....Pages 15-20
Chaos....Pages 21-37
Deterministic Hamiltonian and Endophysics....Pages 39-52
Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen and Everett....Pages 53-66
Infinite-Transfinite, Solenoid, Mirrors....Pages 67-77
Cosmos, T-Tube System, Poincaré and Boltzmann....Pages 79-88
Relativity Theory, Speed of Light and a New Theorem....Pages 89-100
Chemical Evolution, Travelling Salesman Problem....Pages 101-113
Thermodynamics and Its Proposed Counterpart....Pages 115-123
Newton’s Laws, Symmetry, Noether Theorem....Pages 125-133
Language and Smile: Benevolence Theory....Pages 135-145
Three-Body Problem, Poincaré Recurrence, Homoclinic Points....Pages 147-156
The Brain Equation....Pages 157-164
Repulsion and Attraction....Pages 165-174
Einstein....Pages 175-191
Intelligence, Orangutans and Second Darwinism....Pages 193-202
Hubble Law, Cryodynamics, Cosmology and Technology....Pages 203-208
Taffy-Puller, Topology and General Relativity....Pages 209-213
Sinai Billiard and Plane-Tree Alley....Pages 215-222
Planck’s Constant, Pauli Cell, Indistinguishability, Spin....Pages 223-233
The Sixth Hilbert Problem, Physics and Beauty....Pages 235-243
Physics and Religion....Pages 245-254
Open Problems or Eight Dreams of Rationalism....Pages 255-261
Back Matter....Pages 263-278
