THE END OF PHYSICS: The Myth Of A Unified Theory.

Lindley, David

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Edité par NY. 1993. Basic Books/ Harper Collins, 1993

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brown & black 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. fine cond. nice clean copy. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's embossed blind stamp on 1/2 title pg, othw. contents free of all markings. dustwr. fine cond., not worn or torn or price clipped. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). 275p. notes. index. science. physics. philosophy. cosmology. ontology. particle physics. ~" For more than a century physicists have hoped that they were closing in on the Holy Grail of modem science: a unifying theory that would make sense of the entire physical world, from the subnuclear realm of quarks and gluons to the very moment of creation of the universe. The End of Physics is a history of the attempts to find such a 'theory of everything,' a forceful argument that one will 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 Lindley's story is the rise of the particle physicists and their attempts to reach far out into the cosmos for a unifying theory. Working beyond the grasp of the largest telescopes or the most powerful particle accelerators, and unable to subject their findings and theories to experimental scrutiny, they have moved into a world governed entirely by mathematical and highly speculative theorizing, none of which can be empirically verified. "What is the use of a theory that looks attractive but contains no additional power of prediction, and makes no statements that can be tested?" Lindley asks. "Does physics then become a branch of aesthetics ?" In a fascinating narrative focusing on the history of ideas, Lindley examines the failure of the strictly mechanical view of nature embodied in classical physics, explains why twentieth~century physics has become increasingly abstract, and discusses why particle physicists have become obsessed with cosmology. Finally, he charges that if physicists yield to the temptation to create a theory of everything derived from untested~and untestable~assumptions, the field will retreat from the high ground of science, becoming instead a modern mythology. This would surely mean the end of physics as we know it. ".…

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THE END OF PHYSICS: The Myth Of A Unified Theory.
Auteur
Lindley, David
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NY. 1993. Basic Books/ Harper Collins
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1993
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0465015484
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9780465015481
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