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Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory And the Search for Unity in Physical Law
Not Even Wrong The Failure of String Theory And the Search for Unity in Physical Law
Author: Peter Woit
Has physics gone off in the wrong direction? Peter Woit presents the other side of the growing debate on string theory--arguing that it's not even science At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465092758
ISBN-10: 0465092756
Publication Date: 9/30/2006
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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gave this four stars on Amazon.com, but will give it five here. First half of the book (history of experimental and theoretical particle physics)is a little disappointing; not quite detailed enough for those who know physics and possibly too much for who don't. The latter part, on what science should be and why string theory isn't really science, is great--profound and intelligible.


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