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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Olle Häggström (Professor of mathematical statistics, Professor of mathematical statistics, Chalmers University of Technology)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.576kg ISBN: 9780198723547ISBN 10: 0198723547 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 21 January 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Science for good and science for bad 2: Our planet and its biosphere 3: Engineering better humans? 4: Computer revolution 5: Going nano 6: What is science? 7: The fallacious Doomsday Argument 8: Doomsday nevertheless? 9: Space colonization and the Fermi Paradox 10: What do we want and what should we do?ReviewsHere Be Dragons deserves to be read by all scientists and engineers, and especially by ambitious postdocs considering cutting-edge research. His sense of caution is profound, heartfelt and free of Luddite polemic: its a stimulating attempt to balance the pursuit of breakthroughs with old-fashioned humility... [this book] is an essential provocation. New Scientist This is an engaging tour through the hinterlands of techno-possibility. Highly recommended. * A. C. Love, CHOICE * a thoughtful and lucid overview. * Stephen Cave, Financial Times * Here Be Dragons deserves to be read by all scientists and engineers, and especially by ambitious postdocs considering cutting-edge research. His sense of caution is profound, heartfelt and free of Luddite polemic: its a stimulating attempt to balance the pursuit of breakthroughs with old-fashioned humility.... [this book] is an essential provocation. * New Scientist * Here Be Dragons deserves to be read by all scientists and engineers, and especially by ambitious postdocs considering cutting-edge research. His sense of caution is profound, heartfelt and free of Luddite polemic: its a stimulating attempt to balance the pursuit of breakthroughs with old-fashioned humility.... [this book] is an essential provocation. * New Scientist * a thoughtful and lucid overview. * Stephen Cave, Financial Times * This is an engaging tour through the hinterlands of techno-possibility. Highly recommended. * A. C. Love, CHOICE * Here Be Dragons deserves to be read by all scientists and engineers, and especially by ambitious postdocs considering cutting-edge research. His sense of caution is profound, heartfelt and free of Luddite polemic: its a stimulating attempt to balance the pursuit of breakthroughs with old-fashioned humility... [this book] is an essential provocation. New Scientist a thoughtful and lucid overview. Stephen Cave, Financial Times Author InformationOlle Häggström is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Nobel Prize awarding Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His most noted research achievements are in probability theory, but his cross-disciplinary research interests are wide-ranging and include climate science, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. He has more than 80 publications in scientific journals, and is a prolific science blogger. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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