The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next / Lee Smolin.
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- ISBN: 0618551050
- Physical Description: xxiii, 392 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-371) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The 5 great problems in theoretical physics -- The beauty myth -- The world as geometry -- Unification becomes a science -- From unification to superunification -- Quantum gravity -- A brief history of string theory -- The anthropic solution -- What string theory explains -- Beyond string theory: Surprises from the real world -- Building on Einstein -- How do you fight sociology -- What is science -- Seers and craftspeople -- How science really works -- What we do for science. |
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