Descripción
When does physics depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble theology? Peter Woit argues that string theory isn't just going in the wrong direction, it's not even science. Not Even Wrong shows that what many physicists call superstring "theory" is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, not even wrong ones, and this very lack of falsifiability is what has allowed the subject to survive and flourish. Peter Woit explains why the mathematical conditions for progress in physics are entirely absent from superstring theory today, offering the other side of the story.
Author: Peter Woit
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.47w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780465092765
ISBN10: 0465092764
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Science | Physics | General
About the Author
Peter Woit is a lecturer in the mathematics department of Columbia University, where in recent years he has taught graduate courses in quantum field theory, representation theory, and differential geometry. His math and physics blog, Not Even Wrong (www.math.columbia.edu/ woit/wordpress), has been featured in Discover, Seed, and New Scientist. He lives in New York.