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Not even wrong : the failure of string theory and the continuing challenge to unify the laws of physics

Title: Not even wrong : the failure of string theory and the continuing challenge to unify the laws of physics / Peter Woit.
Author: Woit, Peter.
Publication: London : Jonathan Cape, 2006.

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Description

xiii, 290 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

Contents

Particle physics at the turn of the millennium -- The instruments of production -- Quantum theory -- Quantum field theory -- Gauge symmetry and gauge theories -- The standard model -- Triumph of the standard model -- Problems of the standard model -- Beyond the standard model -- New insights in quantum field theory and mathematics -- String theory : history -- String theory and supersymmetry : an evaluation -- On beauty and difficulty -- Is superstring theory science? -- The Bogdanov affair -- The only game in town : the power and the glory of string theory -- The landscape of string theory -- Other points of view -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JSE 16-67

ISBN

0224076051 (hbk.)

OCLC

62760728

Author

Woit, Peter.

Title

Not even wrong : the failure of string theory and the continuing challenge to unify the laws of physics / Peter Woit.

Imprint

London : Jonathan Cape, 2006.

Research Call Number

JSE 16-67

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