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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
When does physics depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble theology? Peter Woit argues that string theory isn't just going in the wrong direction, it's not even science. Not Even Wrong shows that what many physicists call superstring "theory" is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, not even wrong ones, and thi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465092765
ISBN-10: 0465092764
Publication Date: 9/3/2007
Pages: 291
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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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