Author: DAVID LINDLEY
Title: The End Of Physics
Description: Basic Books, 1993. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 288. The author presents a history of the attempts to find the final "theory of everything," gives a forceful argument that one can never be found, and a warning that the compromises necessary to produce a final theory may well undermine the rules of doing good science. At the heart of the story is the rise of the particle physicists and their attempts to reach far out into the cosmos for a unifying theory. Unable to subject their findings and theories to experimental scrutiny, they have moved into a world governed entirely by mathematical and highly speculative theories, none of which can be empirically verified. "Does physics then become a branch of aesthetics?" Lindley asks. For an opposing viewpoint, see Stephen Weinberg's Dreams of a Final Theory. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc. Portland, OR. ISBN: 9780465015481. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780465015481
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Title: The End Of Physics
Description: Basic Books, 1993. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 288. The author presents a history of the attempts to find the final "theory of everything," gives a forceful argument that one can never be found, and a warning that the compromises necessary to produce a final theory may well undermine the rules of doing good science. At the heart of the story is the rise of the particle physicists and their attempts to reach far out into the cosmos for a unifying theory. Unable to subject their findings and theories to experimental scrutiny, they have moved into a world governed entirely by mathematical and highly speculative theories, none of which can be empirically verified. "Does physics then become a branch of aesthetics?" Lindley asks. For an opposing viewpoint, see Stephen Weinberg's Dreams of a Final Theory. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc. Portland, OR. ISBN: 9780465015481. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780465015481
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- Book number: 2449564
- Book number: 2449564
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