The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

Smolin, Lee

ISBN 10: 0713997990 / ISBN 13: 9780713997996

Editore: Allen Lane, 2007

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• Titolo: The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
• Editore: Allen Lane
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0713997990
• ISBN 13: 9780713997996
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Good
• Peso: 760 grammi

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Riassunto

In this groundbreaking new book, the renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that physics – the basis for all other science – has lost its way. The problem is string theory, an ambitious attempt to formulate ‘a theory of everything’ that explains all the forces of nature. Articulate, passionate and authoritative, Smolin charts the rise and fall of string theory and takes a fascinating look at what will replace it. A group of young theorists has begun to develop exciting new, testable ideas. Smolin tells us who to watch for in the coming years and how we can find the next Einstein.

Informazioni sull?autore

Lee Smolin is a pioneering theoretical physicist and the critically acclaimed author of The Life of the Cosmos and Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. He earned his Phd in physics at Harvard, before teaching at Yale and Pennsylvania State, and went on to help to found the innovative Perimeter Institute.