Fashion, faith and fantasy in the new physics of the universe / Roger Penrose
By: Penrose, Roger [author].
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xvi, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691119793.Other title: New physics of the universe.Subject(s): Physics -- Philosophy | Physics -- Social aspects | String models | Quantum theory | Cosmology | PhysicsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-489) and index
Preface -- Fashion -- Faith -- Fantasy -- A new physics for the universe? -- Appendix A. Mathematical appendix
"What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and best-selling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces as anyone else. In this provocative book, he argues that fashion, faith, and fantasy, while sometimes productive and even essential in physics, may be leading today's researchers astray in three of the field's most important areas--string theory, quantum mechanics, and cosmology.... The result is an important critique of some of the most significant developments in physics today from one of its most eminent figures."--Dust jacket