歐陽瑩之
歐陽瑩之(SunnyY.Auyang),女,美籍華裔物理學家、科學學家,畢業於美國麻省理工學院,現主要從事科技與哲學研究,特別是複雜系統理論研究。著有《複雜系統理論基礎》、《工程學——無盡的前沿》等。
目錄
人物生平
歐陽瑩之先後在上海、香港、美國等地就讀小學、中學、大學,1972年獲麻省理工學院物理學博士學位。畢業後曾在美國惠普公司供職,後在麻省理工學院從事研究工作20餘年。1992年以來,她的研究興趣轉向對科學技術本質的哲學考察。著有《量子場論如何可能?》(1995)、《複雜系統理論基礎》(1998)、《日常生活和認知科學中的心智》(2000)、《工程學——無盡的前沿》(2008年)等。
學術著作
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The ontology of quantum fields: entity and quality Nature and our descriptions of it: predicate, function, symmetry Two notions of "convergence on truth" Synthetic analysis: how scientists combat complexity Nonlinear dynamics: how science comprehends chaos Mass phenomena and complexities of composition Are you nothing but genes and neurons? The hedgehog and the fox: two styles in science Who am I? What is it? The subject-object relation What do you see, and how? The cognitive infrastructure of vision Technology as a scientific capacity to produce Similarity and complementarity of science and engineering Local and global knowledge in science and engineering System concepts in engineering Why chemical engineering emerged in American instead of Germany What’s wrong with "technology as applied science?" The worldly sciences From experience to design u2013 the science behind Aspirin Luck and the prepared mind in drug discovery Reality and politics in the war on infectious diseases Scientific convergence in the birth of molecular biology Levels of complexity u2013 understanding and fighting cancer [1]