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

Informationen zum Autor Lee Smolin Klappentext 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). Zusammenfassung Presents an 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.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Smolin, Smolin Lee
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2008
• EAN: 9780141018355
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101835-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)