enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes

    Preface paradox: The author of a book may be justified in believing that all their statements in the book are correct, at the same time believing that at least one of them is incorrect. Problem of evil : ( Epicurean paradox) The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect God.

  3. Paradox (literature) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature)

    In literature, the paradox is an anomalous juxtaposition of incongruous ideas for the sake of striking exposition or unexpected insight. It functions as a method of literary composition and analysis that involves examining apparently contradictory statements and drawing conclusions either to reconcile them or to explain their presence.

  4. Faction Paradox - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faction_Paradox

    Originally a subplot in the Eighth Doctor Adventures, the War involves several characters and concepts evolved from the original Doctor Who set-up. In several cases, the Faction Paradox series still features these groups, albeit with names changed for reasons both literary (most of the groups or items mentioned are described from different perspectives) and legal (the Faction and the Enemy are ...

  5. Wikipedia:Paradoxes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paradoxes

    Wikipedia also contains paradoxes. In Wikipedia, there are a number of paradoxes. This is intended to be a high-level overview of the major conceptual paradoxes within our project. Paradox 1: Immutable change Authoritative writing strives for perpetual immutability, or "perfection." Wikis facilitate dynamic change that negates immutability and ...

  6. The Riyria Chronicles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riyria_Chronicles

    The Riyria Chronicles is a series of high fantasy novels by Michael J. Sullivan, published since 2013 by Orbit Books. The series consists of five books, in order of publication: The Crown Tower, The Rose and the Thorn, The Death of Dulgath, The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter and Drumindor. [1] They are prequels to Sullivan's Riyria ...

  7. Review: A debut novel strives to capture the paradoxes of ...

    www.aol.com/news/review-debut-novel-strives...

    In short order, the tiger becomes a symbol of a unified Korea — elusive, sustaining, insatiable. Nam’s father has told him, “Never kill a tiger unless you have to…. And that’s only when ...

  8. Parrondo's paradox - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrondo's_paradox

    This question is sometimes asked by mathematicians, whereas physicists usually don't worry about such things. The first thing to point out is that "Parrondo's paradox" is just a name, just like the "Braess's paradox" or "Simpson's paradox." Secondly, as is the case with most of these named paradoxes they are all really apparent paradoxes.

  9. The Universal Book of Mathematics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Universal_Book_of...

    The book has been praised by BoingBoing [2] and British newspaper The Independent. [3] Problems and Puzzles mentioned in the book have been discussed and debated several times by several major mathematicians. [4]