Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law
Autor Peter Woiten Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 sep 2007
When
does
physics
depart
the
realm
of
testable
hypothesis
and
come
to
resemble
theology?
Peter
Woit
argues
that
string
theory
isn't
just
going
in
the
wrong
direction,
it's
not
even
science.Not
Even
Wrongshows
that
what
many
physicists
call
superstring
“theory”
is
not
a
theory
at
all.
It
makes
no
predictions,
not
even
wrong
ones,
and
this
very
lack
of
falsifiability
is
what
has
allowed
the
subject
to
survive
and
flourish.
Peter
Woit
explains
why
the
mathematical
conditions
for
progress
in
physics
are
entirely
absent
from
superstring
theory
today,
offering
the
other
side
of
the
story.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465092765
ISBN-10: 0465092764
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 139 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
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ISBN-10: 0465092764
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 139 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Peter
Woitis
a
lecturer
in
the
mathematics
department
of
Columbia
University,
where
in
recent
years
he
has
taught
graduate
courses
in
quantum
field
theory,
representation
theory,
and
differential
geometry.
His
math
and
physics
blog,
Not
Even
Wrong
(www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress),
has
been
featured
inDiscover,Seed,
andNew
Scientist.
He
lives
in
New
York.
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Tells a complex story about human beings and their attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle there is: how does the world work at the most fundamental level and what is the role of mathematics in its description? It considers what the role of beauty may be in mathematics and physics.
Tells a complex story about human beings and their attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle there is: how does the world work at the most fundamental level and what is the role of mathematics in its description? It considers what the role of beauty may be in mathematics and physics.