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The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next
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- ISBN: 0618551050
- ISBN: 9780618551057
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Physical Description:
xxiii, 392 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-371) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Physics Methodology History 20th century String models |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | QC 6 .S653 2006 | 30534569 | General Collection | Available | - |