Farewell to Reality
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Farewell to Reality

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Farewell to Reality

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About This Book

From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a lively, provocative, and "intellectually gratifying" critique of modern theoretical physics (The Economist). In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles, superstrings, the multiverse, the holographic principle, or the anthropic cosmological principle. These theories are not only untrue, it is not even science. It is fairy-tale physics: fantastical, bizarre and often outrageous, perhaps even confidence-trickery. This book provides a much-needed antidote. Informed, comprehensive, and balanced, it offers lay readers the latest ideas about the nature of physical reality while clearly distinguishing between fact and fantasy. With its engaging portraits of many central figures of modern physics, including Paul Davies, John Barrow, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, and Leonard Susskind, it promises to be essential reading for all readers interested in what we know and don''''t know about the nature of the universe and reality itself.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781639360383
Topic
Ciencias físicas
Subtopic
Relatividad en física

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. The Supreme Task: Reality, Truth and the Scientific Method
  7. Part I The Authorized Version
  8. Part II The Grand Delusion
  9. Endnotes
  10. Bibliography
  11. Index
  12. Copyright Page