7. Cybernetic Metastable Demons

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Descartes’s Evil Genius 15
6. 2. Laplace’s Intelligence 29
7. 3. Maxwell’s Demon 49
8. 4. Brownian Motion Demons 79
9. 5. Einstein’s Ghosts 93
10. 6. Quantum Demons 112
11. 7. Cybernetic Metastable Demons 157
12. 8. Computer Daemons 185
13. 9. Biology’s Demons 246
14. 10. Demons in the Global Economy 277
15. Conclusion: The Audacity of Our Imagination 298
16. Postscript: Philosophical Considerations 313
17. Notes 325
18. Bibliography 361
19. Index 383