Chance, calculation and life

by Gaudin, Thierry Maurel, Marie-Christine Pomerol, Jean-Charles

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Full title :Chance, calculation and life / edited by Theirry Gaudin, Marine-Christine Maurel, Jean-Charles Pomerol.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):ISTE Ltd, Wiley
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

Notes

8 To Have a Sense of Life: A Poetic Reconnaissance.

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Description:1 online resource (305 pages)

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ISBN:9781119823971, 1119823978, 9781119823964, 111982396X
oclc:on1244622882
LC Classification:QC174.12
Dewey Decimal:530.12

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1: Randomness in all of its Aspects -- 1 Classical, Quantum and Biological Randomness as Relative Unpredictability -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Brief historical overview -- 1.1.2. Preliminary remarks -- 1.2. Randomness in classical dynamics -- 1.3. Quantum randomness -- 1.4. Randomness in biology -- 1.5. Random sequences: a theory invariant approach -- 1.6. Classical and quantum randomness revisited -- 1.6.1. Classical versus algorithmic randomness

1.6.2. Quantum versus algorithmic randomness -- 1.7. Conclusion and opening: toward a proper biological randomness -- 1.8. Acknowledgments -- 1.9. References -- 2 In The Name of Chance -- 2.1. The birth of probabilities and games of chance -- 2.1.1. Solutions -- 2.1.2. To what end? -- 2.2. A very brief history of probabilities -- 2.3. Chance? What chance? -- 2.4. Prospective possibility -- 2.4.1. LLN + CLT + ENIAC = MC -- 2.4.2. Generating chance through numbers -- 2.4.3. Going back the other way -- 2.4.4. Prospective possibility as master of the world?

2.5. Appendix: Congruent generators, can prospective chance be periodic? -- 2.…