Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

Zusatztext "Excellent and provocative. . . . I strongly recommend this book for all students of the Supreme Court." ---Thomas G. Hansford, Law and Politics Book Review Informationen zum Autor Roger Penrose Klappentext "This gem of a book is vintage Roger Penrose: eloquently argued and deeply original on every page. His perspective on the present crisis and future promise of physics and cosmology provides an important corrective to fashionable thinking at this crucial moment in science. This book deserves the widest possible hearing among specialists and the public alike." --Lee Smolin, author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe Zusammenfassung From the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 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?

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"Physics has been at an awkward impasse for the past century. Two theories--quantum mechanics and general relativity--are widely believed to be true. . . . But they contradict each other in basic ways--they cannot both be entirely true. InFashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe. . . Roger Penrose, an elder statesman of physics, considers the problem. As intellectually offbeat as he is eminent. . . he ventures here some novel ways in which the two theories might be reconciled."--Wall Street Journal

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• Authors: Roger Penrose, Penrose Roger
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2017
• EAN: 9780691178530
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17853-0
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Science: general issues, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Physics, Impact of science and technology on society, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)