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出版者:Basic Books

作者:Peter Woit

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页数:304

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出版时间:2006-09-30

价格:USD 26.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780465092758

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科普
物理
物理普及
string-theory
物理學
人生必读
【科普杂文】
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Has physics gone off in the wrong direction? Peter Woit presents the other side of the growing debate on string theory--arguing that it's not even science

At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even wrong," meaning that they were so incomplete that they could not even be used to make predictions to compare with observations to see whether they were wrong or not.

In Peter Woit's view, superstring theory is just such an idea. In Not Even Wrong, he shows that what many physicists call superstring "theory" is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, even wrong ones, and this very lack of falsifiability is what has allowed the subject to survive and flourish.

Not Even Wrong explains why the mathematical conditions for progress in physics are entirely absent from superstring theory today and shows that judgments about scientific statements, which should be based on the logical consistency of argument and experimental evidence, are instead based on the eminence of those claiming to know the truth.

In the face of many books from enthusiasts for string theory, this book presents the other side of the story.

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读的第二本批评String Theory的书了，而且比Lee Smolin的《The Trouble With Physics》更加严厉，从书名就可以看出来了。作者非常明确地指出String Theory已经是一个failed project，并且变成了阻碍粒子物理发展的绊脚石。看着真的觉得心寒。String Theory曾经是多少热爱物理的...

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