A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory (The Frontiers Collection)

Rickles, Dean

ISBN 10: 3642451276 / ISBN 13: 9783642451270

Edité par Springer, 2014

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2014.Hardcover.251 pages.Ships from Japan.Usually ships in 1-2 working days.

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• Titre: A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory (The Frontiers Collection)
• Éditeur: Springer
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3642451276
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783642451270
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This book offers a lively survey of the forty-year history of string theory, focusing on how what has been called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing' came to exist, and how it came to occupy its present position in physics.

À propos de l?auteur

Dean Rickles is associate professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney. He specialises in the history and philosophy of quantum gravity and has published extensively in this area. He has authored or edited several books including: The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity (coedited with S. French and J. Saatsi: Oxford University Press, 2006); Symmetry, Structure, and Spacetime (Elsevier, 2007); The Ashgate Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Physics (Ashgate, 2008); and The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference (Co-edited with Cecile DeWitt: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge, 2011).