The trouble with physics
Subtitle: the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next
By: Lee Smolin.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Physics -- Methodology -- History -- 20th century; String models
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-371) and index.
Table of contents: title: The five great problems in theoretical physics; title: The beauty myth; title: The world as geometry; title: Unification becomes a science; title: From unification to superunification; title: Quantum gravity; title: A brief history of string theory; title: The anthropic solution; title: What string theory explains; title: Beyond string theory: Surprises from the real world; title: Building on Einstein; title: How do you fight sociology; title: What is science; title: Seers and craftspeople; title: How science really works; title: What we do for science.