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- catalog abstract "Dismissing chaos theory as a crutch, Remy Lestienne argues that chance is a real creative force. Using insights that evoke C.S. Peirce and others, Lestienne finds support in many scientific developments for the presence of true chance in the world. His presentation of the history of the concept of chance and its present role in science will appeal strongly to readers with an interest in science and those who look for chance in metaphysical issues.".
- catalog alternative "Hasard créateur. English".
- catalog contributor b10745452.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Dismissing chaos theory as a crutch, Remy Lestienne argues that chance is a real creative force. Using insights that evoke C.S. Peirce and others, Lestienne finds support in many scientific developments for the presence of true chance in the world. His presentation of the history of the concept of chance and its present role in science will appeal strongly to readers with an interest in science and those who look for chance in metaphysical issues.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Classical Chance. 1. A Brief History of the Concept of Chance. 2. 1859: The Twofold Intellectual Revolution of Darwin and Maxwell. 3. The Birth of Probability Theory. 4. The Probabilities of Causes -- pt. 2. Chance and the Living. 5. Variation and Selection: Darwin's Natural Chance. 6. Heredity's Lottery: Chance and Genetics. 7. How Are Species Born? 8. Immunological Darwinism; or, How Are Antibodies Born? 9. Neural Darwinism; or, How Are Neural Networks Formed? -- pt. 3. Physical Chance. 10. Entropy, Order, and Chance. 11. Entropy and Information. 12. Quantum Indeterminism: The Gap between the Real in Itself and the Real in Practice. 13. Behind the Cosmological Rupture Lies Fundamental Chance.".
- catalog extent "202 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Creative power of chance.".
- catalog identifier "0252023862 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0252066863 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Creative power of chance.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "Creative power of chance.".
- catalog subject "123/.3 21".
- catalog subject "BC141 .L4713 1998".
- catalog subject "Chance.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Classical Chance. 1. A Brief History of the Concept of Chance. 2. 1859: The Twofold Intellectual Revolution of Darwin and Maxwell. 3. The Birth of Probability Theory. 4. The Probabilities of Causes -- pt. 2. Chance and the Living. 5. Variation and Selection: Darwin's Natural Chance. 6. Heredity's Lottery: Chance and Genetics. 7. How Are Species Born? 8. Immunological Darwinism; or, How Are Antibodies Born? 9. Neural Darwinism; or, How Are Neural Networks Formed? -- pt. 3. Physical Chance. 10. Entropy, Order, and Chance. 11. Entropy and Information. 12. Quantum Indeterminism: The Gap between the Real in Itself and the Real in Practice. 13. Behind the Cosmological Rupture Lies Fundamental Chance.".
- catalog title "Hasard créateur. English".
- catalog title "The creative power of chance / Rémy Lestienne ; translated from the French by E.C. Neher.".
- catalog type "text".