The Discovery Of Chance

Author : Aileen Kelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674737113
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Chance written by Aileen Kelly and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual Alexander Herzen was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought. For Herzen, history, like Darwinian nature, was an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance.

Author : Aileen M. Kelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674969413
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Chance written by Aileen M. Kelly and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual Alexander Herzen was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought. For Herzen, history, like Darwinian nature, was an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance.

Author : Yukio Ohsawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662062305
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chance Discovery written by Yukio Ohsawa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance discovery means discovering chances - the breaking points in systems, the marketing windows in business, etc. It involves determining the significance of some piece of information about an event and then using this new knowledge in decision making. The techniques developed combine data mining methods for finding rare but important events with knowledge management, groupware, and social psychology. The reader will find many applications, such as finding information on the Internet, recognizing changes in customer behavior, detecting the first signs of an imminent earthquake, etc. This first book dedicated to chance discovery covers the state of the art in the theory and methods and examines typical scenarios, and it thus appeals to researchers working on new techniques and algorithms and also to professionals dealing with real-world applications.

Author : Graeme Donald
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782430997
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental Scientist written by Graeme Donald and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly often it is as much down to chance as a single person's brilliance. The Accidental Scientist explores the role of chance and error in scientific, medical and commercial innovation, outlining exactly how some of the most well-known products, gadgets and useful gizmos came to be. From the jacuzzi to jeans and TNT to Tipp-Ex, this book explores many of the discoveries that we are all so familiar with today, yet have the most interesting origins because of the story behind them. Not all discoveries require brilliance, and as The Accidental Scientist demonstrates, sometimes a special ingredient is needed: luck.

Author : Mary Batten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovery by Chance written by Mary Batten and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the contributions of ten scientists whose conclusions drawn from observation of unexpected phenomena greatly influenced scientific development.

Author : Charles Moore
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101517786
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Ocean written by Charles Moore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and remains one of today's key advocates for plastic pollution awareness—inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age. In 1997, environmentalist Charles Moore discovered the world's largest collection of floating trash—the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ("GPGP")—while sailing from Hawaii to California. Moore was shocked by the level of pollution that he saw. And in the last 20 years, it's only gotten worse—a 2018 study has found that the vast dump of plastic waste swirling in the Pacific Ocean is now bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined—far larger than previously feared. In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life of plastics. From milk jugs and abandoned fishing gear to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin and be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing to a host of ailments, including infertility, autism, thyroid dysfunction, and certain cancers. An urgent call to action, Plastic Ocean's sobering revalations have been embraced by activists, concerned parents, and anyone alarmed by the deadly impact and implications of this man-made environmental catastrophe.

Author : Allan J. Rossman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781930190085
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workshop Statistics written by Allan J. Rossman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-05-18 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on probability and the Bayesian viewpoint. It presents basic material on probability and then introduces inference by means of Bayes'rule. The emphasis is on statistical thinking and how one learns from data. The objective is to present the basic tenets of statistical inference. Unique in its format, the text allows students to discover statistical concepts, explore statistical principles, and apply statistical techniques. In addition to the numerous activities and exercises around which the text is built, the book includes a basic text exposition for each topic, and data appendices.

Author : Michael Nielsen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691202842
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Discovery written by Michael Nielsen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reinventing Discovery argues that we are in the early days of the most dramatic change in how science is done in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by new online tools, which are transforming and radically accelerating scientific discovery"--

Author : James H. Austin
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262250108
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chase, Chance, and Creativity written by James H. Austin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and creativity interact in biomedical research. This first book by the author of Zen and the Brain examines the role of chance in the creative process. James Austin tells a personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and creativity interact in biomedical research; the conclusions he reaches shed light on the creative process in any field. Austin shows how, in his own investigations, unpredictable events shaped the outcome of his research and brought about novel results. He then goes beyond this story of serendipity to propose a new classification of the varieties of chance, drawing on his own research and examples from the history of science—including the famous accidents that led Fleming to the discovery of penicillin. Finally, he explores the nature of the creative process, considering not only the environmental and neurophysiological correlates of creativity but also the role of intuition in both scientific discoveries and spiritual quests. This updated MIT Press paperback edition includes a new introduction and recent material on medical research, creativity, and spirituality.

Author : Aharon Kantorovich
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791414774
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Discovery written by Aharon Kantorovich and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kantorovich analyzes the notion of discovery. He views the process as inference and questions whether there is logic or method to discovery. He provides an alternative perspective on scientific discovery that explains the difficulties in finding a satisfactory method of discovery. Within the framework of evolutionary epistemology, discovery is treated as a phenomenon in its own right having psychological and social dimensions. Science is viewed as a continuation of the evolutionary process whereby creative discovery plays a role similar to blind mutation in biological evolution. From this perspective, serendipity and tinkering are key notions in understanding the creative process.