Annotation By examining some of the intellectual issues associated with the dawning of the computer age, popular science writer Casti (Santa Fe Institute and Technical U. of Vienna) addresses here is whether there are questions about the world that are logically beyond the power of the scientific method to resolve satisfactorily. The account combines fact and fiction, and is not indexed. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).