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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-
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
xxiii, 392 pages ; 24 cm

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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.
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ISBN
9780618551057
0618551050
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-371) and index.
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