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Author Smolin, Lee, 1955-

Title The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next / Lee Smolin.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  530.14 SMOLIN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  530.14 SMO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  530.14 SMO    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  530.14 SMOLIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  530.14 SM78    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  530.14 SMOLIN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  530.14 SMOLIN    DUE 09-26-13 Assumed Lost
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  530.1 SM    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-371) and index.
Contents Part 1: The unfinished revolution -- 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 -- Part II: A brief history of string theory -- Preparing for a revolution -- The first superstring revolution -- Revolution number two -- A theory of anything -- The anthropic solution -- What string theory explains -- Part III: Beyond string theory -- Surprises from the real world -- Building on Einstein -- Physics after string theory -- Pary IV: Learning from experience -- How do you fight sociology? -- What is science? -- Seers and craftspeople -- How science really works -- What we can do for science.
Subject Physics -- Methodology -- History -- 20th century.
String models.
ISBN 0618551050
Standard No. 9780618551057
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