That said, the trouble with physics, according to Smolin, is that in the 200 years up to 1975 major advances were made about every 25 years, but since 1975 there have been none. Being one of the imaginative minds himself, the author relies on the approaches towards quantum gravity which are background independent and are subjected to falsifiability and predictability. From what I gather, string theory is a fashionable & mathematically beautiful body of work that unfortunately has not produced many testable new predictions, nor advanced our ability to explain & unify the 4 fundamental forces. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Not from physics background, but understood almost everything what the author wanted to convey.everyone interested in science and overview of contemporary physicsThis was a worthwhile and well-intentioned critical overview of the issues troubling the field of contemporary theoretical physics, with the emphasis on the ones concerning the string theory (or rather, theories). Lee Smolin gives a great overview of what Physics is up to these days. Quantum theory and the nature of quantum theory is explained well, and the underlying principles which appear to contradict relativity are illumined clearly. I have read extensively as a layman on these areas and Smolin provided new insights. Talking points for The Trouble with Physics • It's been thirty-five years since many exciting speculations in theoretical physics have been proposed, such as higher dimensions, imaginary time, and string theory. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Houghton Mifflin $ Abstract. Smolin does exactly that. Engineering Thermodynamics: by Knowledge flow The theory has spawned dozens of popular books and even a three-hour PBS TV series. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations There are some sour reviews about Smolin's "2-faced intent", which I think useless and 3rd rate, (the reviews), but I myself found the book informative both for history, overview and some biographical background. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I would have liked the book a lot better, if Smolin had covered less ground and had given more background for the science. Ambitious ideas about extra dimensions, exotic particles, multiple universes, and strings have captured the public’s imagination -- and the imagination of experts. This period coincides with Smolin's professional career as a physicist. Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist who has made influential contributions to the search for a unification of physics. But today, despite our best efforts, we know nothing more about these laws than we knew in the 1970s. Based on subsequent refinement of the theory since its inception in the late '60s, this theory gets to be renamed to the superstring theory and finally recA fantastic book upholding the bloom and crisis of one of the most coveted theories of physics which is the string theory. A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations (Student's Guides) Science Slept Sixteen Centuries - And What It Achieved When It Woke: From Greek Sci... A Student's Guide to General Relativity (Student's Guides) Great Formulas Explained - Physics, Mathematics, Economics The Stubbornly Persistent: Melting the Frozen River of Spacetime Introduction to 2-D Kinematics: All the Principals of 2-D Kinematics Interactive Qu... "A splendid, edifying report from the front lines of theorectical physics . Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.

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