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

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

Author

Smolin, Lee, 1955-

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.

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Description

xxiii, 392 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Physics > Methodology > History > 20th century
String models

Bibliography (note)

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 -- 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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