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Author:

Smolin, Lee, 1955-

Title:

The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next / Lee Smolin.

Edition:

1st Mariner Books ed.

Publisher:

Mariner Books,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xxiii, 392 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Physics--History--History--20th century.
String models.
Física (fundamentos)

Notes:

Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-371) and index.

Contents:

The five great problems in theoretical physics -- The beauty myth -- The world as geometry -- Unification becomes a science -- From unification to superunification -- Quantum gravity : the fork in the road -- Preparing for a revolution -- The first superstring revolution -- Revolution number two -- A theory of anything -- The anthropic solution -- What string theory explains -- Surprises from the real world -- Building on Einstein -- Physics after string theory -- How do you fight sociology? -- What is science? -- Seers and craftspeople -- How science really works -- What we can do for science.

ISBN:

9780618918683 (pbk.)
061891868X (pbk.)

Locations:

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)