Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? This question has preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the answer. This book is their story. Ivar Ekeland here takes the reader on a journey through scientific attempts to envision the best of all possible worlds. He begins with the French physicist Maupertuis, whose least action principle, Ekeland shows, was a pivotal breakthrough in mathematics, because it was the first expression of the concept of optimization, or the creation of systems that are the most efficient or functional. Tracing the profound impact of optimization and the unexpected ways in which it has influenced the study of mathematics, biology, economics, and even politics, Ekeland reveals how the idea has driven some of our greatest intellectual breakthroughs. The result is a dazzling display of erudition - one that will be essential reading for popular-science buffs and historians of science alike.
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我以為會是講概率論和最優化的,結果是最優化源流。第一、二、七、八、九、十章都是我非常熟悉的領域和話題,並且在第七章及以後寫作過於散亂。嚴格來說本書值得關注的是第三~六章,詳細介紹瞭最小作用量原理-穩定作用量原理的數學物理演變史,更有趣一些。 貫穿全書的理念之爭...
評分這書不僅僅是“非常好”三個字可以形容的,更貼切的應該是“非常有範兒”。從第一個字開始作者就展現齣睥睨天下的王霸之氣,每句話都透著濃濃的‘看瞭我這句你就能增加二十年修為“的感覺——當然這可絕對不是黑。 ----------------------- 以下貼筆記 ----------------------...
評分這書不僅僅是“非常好”三個字可以形容的,更貼切的應該是“非常有範兒”。從第一個字開始作者就展現齣睥睨天下的王霸之氣,每句話都透著濃濃的‘看瞭我這句你就能增加二十年修為“的感覺——當然這可絕對不是黑。 ----------------------- 以下貼筆記 ----------------------...
評分這書不僅僅是“非常好”三個字可以形容的,更貼切的應該是“非常有範兒”。從第一個字開始作者就展現齣睥睨天下的王霸之氣,每句話都透著濃濃的‘看瞭我這句你就能增加二十年修為“的感覺——當然這可絕對不是黑。 ----------------------- 以下貼筆記 ----------------------...
評分我以為會是講概率論和最優化的,結果是最優化源流。第一、二、七、八、九、十章都是我非常熟悉的領域和話題,並且在第七章及以後寫作過於散亂。嚴格來說本書值得關注的是第三~六章,詳細介紹瞭最小作用量原理-穩定作用量原理的數學物理演變史,更有趣一些。 貫穿全書的理念之爭...
圖書標籤: 數學 科普 ? 曆史 maths
著名變分法分析學傢寫的, 值得一讀. 感覺都挺有道理的, 觀點非常容易接受...
評分前半部偏數學物理學哲學,後半部轉嚮生物學經濟學社會學。四星打給前半部。
評分著名變分法分析學傢寫的, 值得一讀. 感覺都挺有道理的, 觀點非常容易接受...
評分著名變分法分析學傢寫的, 值得一讀. 感覺都挺有道理的, 觀點非常容易接受...
評分著名變分法分析學傢寫的, 值得一讀. 感覺都挺有道理的, 觀點非常容易接受...
The Best of All Possible Worlds 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載