Title:
Why string theory? / Joseph Conlon.
Author:
Conlon, Joseph, author.
Publication Information:
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business, [2016]
©2016
Call Number:
QC794.6.S85 C66 2016
Abstract:
Is string theory a fraud or one of the great scientific advances? Why do so many physicists work on string theory if it cannot be tested? This book provides insight into why such a theory, with little direct experimental support, plays such a prominent role in theoretical physics. The book gives a modern and accurate account of string theory and science, explaining what string theory is, why it is regarded as so promising, and why it is hard to test.
ISBN:
9781482242478
9781482242492
Physical Description:
xii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Why? -- Long wait -- Scales of science : little and large -- Big lessons of physics -- The truth is out there -- What? -- What was string theory? -- What is string theory? -- Wht for? (Direct experimental evidence for string theory? -- What for? -- Direct experimental evidence for string theory -- whay strings? Mathematics -- Why strings? Cosmology and particle physics -- Why strings? Quantum gravity -- Who? -- A thousand flowers blooming : styles of science -- Epicfail? criticisms of string theory -- Why string theorry?
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