The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next / Lee Smolin.
Pubblicazione:
London : Penguin, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
XXIII, 392 p. ; 20 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. Pt. 1. The unfinished revolution: 1. The five great problems in theoretical physics 2. The beauty myth 3. The world as geometry 4. Unification becomes a science 5. From unification to superunification 6. Quantum gravity: the fork in the road. Pt. 2. A brief history of string theory 7. Preparing for a revolution 8. The first superstring revolution 9. Revolution number two 10. A theory of anything 11. The anthropic solution 12. What string theory explains. Pt. 3. Beyond string theory: 13. Surprises from the real world 14. Building on Einstein 15. Physics after string theory. Pt. 4. Learning from experience: 16. How do you fight sociology? 17. What is science? 18. Seers and craftspeople 19. How science really works 20. What we can do for science. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
ISBN:
9780141018355
Discipline:
Meccanica quantistica e Meccanica statistica--Studi.
