The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next

Smolin, Lee

ISBN 10: 0141018356 / ISBN 13: 9780141018355

Published by Penguin, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141018356
• ISBN 13: 9780141018355
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Trouble with Physics is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes.

Lee Smolin not only provides a brilliant layman''s overview of current research as we attempt to build a ''theory of everything'', but also questions many of the assumptions that lie behind string theory. In doing so, he describes some of the daring, outlandish ideas that will propel research in years to come.

About the Author

Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist who is a leading pioneer of the field of quantum gravity and cosmology. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and two popular books, LIFE OF THE COSMOS (1997) and THREE ROADS TO QUANTUM GRAVITY (2001).