Not Even Wrong - Couverture rigide

Woit, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0224076051 ISBN 13 : 9780224076050

Editeur : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Not Even Wrong is a fascinating exploration of our attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle of all: how does the universe work at its most fundamnetal level?

The book begins with an historical survey of the experimental and theoretical developments that led to the creation of the phenomenally successful 'Standard Model' of particle physics around 1975. Despite its successes, the Standard Model does not answer all the key questions and physicists continuing search for answers led to the development of superstring theory. However, after twenty years, superstring theory has failed to advance beyond the Standard Model.

The absence of experimental evidence is at the core of this controversial situation which means that it is impossible to prove that superstring theory is either right or wrong. To date, only the arguments of the theory's advocates have received much publicity. Not Even Wrong provides readers with another side of the story.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 this very lack of falsifiability is what has allowed the subject to survive and flourish. Peter Woit explains why the mathematical conditions for progress in physics are entirely absent from superstring theory today, offering the other side of the story.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0224076051
• ISBN 13: 9780224076050
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304