false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171593256m/108939.jpg 108939 5 In this groundbreaking 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 and particles of nature and how the universe came to be. With its exotic new particles and parallel universes, string theory has captured the public"s imagination and seduced many physicists. But as Smolin reveals, there"s a deep flaw in the theory: no part of it has been proven, and no one knows how to prove it. As a scientific theory, it has been a colossal failure. And because it has soaked up the lion's share of funding, attracted some of the best minds, and penalized young physicists for pursuing other avenues, it is dragging the rest of physics down with it. With clarity, passion, and authority, 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 ideas that are, unlike string theory, testable. Smolin tells us who and what to watch for in the coming years and how we can find the next Einstein. This is a wake-up call, and Lee Smolin—a former string theorist himself— is the perfect person to deliver it. 768073 19 9 2006 The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next total:245|5:60|4:117|3:57|2:9|1:2| 245 959 603 73 5 8 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 01 09:34:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 16:07:57 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 08:14:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 08:26:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 14:35:02 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 21:20:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 10 15:27:36 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 14 10:43:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 14:55:40 -0700 2007 Mon May 12 06:36:07 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 13:40:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 07:44:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jul 07 09:00:43 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 02 02:00:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 20:45:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 20:57:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:17:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:37:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 10 09:28:43 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 09:45:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 27 09:34:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 09:42:57 -0800 2009
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Despite my utmost veneration for physicists and the few there are who engage in the noble search for the divine, there is a concern I have about their methodological approach to “reality” that has prevented good sleep these pas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:38:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:09:17 -0700 2009 Brief History of Time, it adheres to the axiom that each equation will reduce your audience...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:33:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 11:02:40 -0800 2009
This is a good book that describes the crisis in one branch of science in the twentieth century. Smolin describes the progress made in physics since 1980. The preceding period of up to 200 years saw explosive growth, often with work on theory ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:36 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:36 -0800 2009 In The Trouble with Physics, Lee Smolin, founder of the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics in Ontario, Canada, and the author of several popular science books, including The Life of the Cosmos and Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, takes a complex debate on a highly theoretical topic and makes ...

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