Not Even Wrong The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law

Name: Not Even Wrong The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law
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ISBN: 9780465092765

ISBN-10: 0465092764

ISBN-13: 9780465092765

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Authors: Peter Woit

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How does the world work and what is mathematics' role in its description? An authoritative and well-reasoned account of string theory's fashionable status among today's theoretical physicists, and promising new directions, including the role of beauty in mathematics and physics. "From the Hardcover edition."

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List price: $22.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.37" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Particle Physics at the Turn of the Millennium



The Instruments of Production



Quantum Theory



Quantum Field Theory



Gauge Symmetry and Gauge Theories



The Standard Model



Triumph of the Standard Model



Problems of the Standard Model



Beyond the Standard Model



New Insights in Quantum Field Theory and Mathematics



String Theory: History



String Theory and Supersymmetry: An Evaluation



On Beauty and Difficulty



Is Superstring Theory Science?



The Bogdanov Affair



The Only Game in Town: The Power and the Glory of String Theory



The Landscape of String Theory



Other Points of View



Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index