Why string theory?. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Why string theory?. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Why string theory?
- Further Information:
- Note: Joseph Conlon.
- Authors:
- Conlon, Joseph
- Contents:
- Why?; The Long Wait Scales of Science: Little and Large Big Lessons of Physics; SPACE AND TIME ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH; SPACETIME IS DYNAMICAL; THE WORLD IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS; THE WORLD REALLY, HONESTLY, TRULY IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS; NATURE LIKES SYMMETRIES; THE UNIVERSE WAS YOUNG, SMOOTH AND HOT, BUT IS NOW OLD, COLD AND WRINKLY; DIFFERENT CAN BE THE SAME; NATURE IS SMARTER THAN WE ARE The Truth Is Out There What? ; What Was String Theory? ; THE BIRTH; THE NAMING CEREMONY; THE WILDERNESS YEARS; HARBINGERS OF GREAT JOY; THE LIMELIGHT; THE THEORY FORMERLY KNOWN AS STRINGS What Is String Theory? ; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY BY ANY OTHER NAME; THE MISANTHROPIC LANDSCAPE; FIFTY YEARS ON What For? ; Direct Experimental Evidence for String Theory Why Strings? Quantum Field Theory; THE PROBLEM OF STRONG COUPLING; THE ADS/CFT CORRESPONDENCE; APPLICATIONS TO COLLISIONS OF HEAVY IONS; APPLICATIONS TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Why Strings? Mathematics ; PEER RESPECT; OF MONSTERS AND MOONSHINE; MIRROR SYMMETRY; CULTS IN PHYSICS Why Strings? Cosmology and Particle Physics ; EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND MODULI ; WHAT MAKES MODULI AND WHAT MODULI MAKE; AXIONLIKE PARTICLES; COSMIC MAGNETISM; EXPERIMENTAL ENNUI Why Strings? Quantum Gravity ; COUNTING BLACK HOLES; SINGULARITIES AND TOPOLOGY CHANGE; THE ULTIMATE COLLIDER Who ?; A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Styles of Science ; THE REVOLUTIONARIES; VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK; STOCKHOLM OR BUST; THE MOST SUBLIME BRAHMINATE OF PRINCETON;Why?; The Long Wait Scales of Science: Little and Large Big Lessons of Physics; SPACE AND TIME ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH; SPACETIME IS DYNAMICAL; THE WORLD IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS; THE WORLD REALLY, HONESTLY, TRULY IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS; NATURE LIKES SYMMETRIES; THE UNIVERSE WAS YOUNG, SMOOTH AND HOT, BUT IS NOW OLD, COLD AND WRINKLY; DIFFERENT CAN BE THE SAME; NATURE IS SMARTER THAN WE ARE The Truth Is Out There What? ; What Was String Theory? ; THE BIRTH; THE NAMING CEREMONY; THE WILDERNESS YEARS; HARBINGERS OF GREAT JOY; THE LIMELIGHT; THE THEORY FORMERLY KNOWN AS STRINGS What Is String Theory? ; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY BY ANY OTHER NAME; THE MISANTHROPIC LANDSCAPE; FIFTY YEARS ON What For? ; Direct Experimental Evidence for String Theory Why Strings? Quantum Field Theory; THE PROBLEM OF STRONG COUPLING; THE ADS/CFT CORRESPONDENCE; APPLICATIONS TO COLLISIONS OF HEAVY IONS; APPLICATIONS TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Why Strings? Mathematics ; PEER RESPECT; OF MONSTERS AND MOONSHINE; MIRROR SYMMETRY; CULTS IN PHYSICS Why Strings? Cosmology and Particle Physics ; EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND MODULI ; WHAT MAKES MODULI AND WHAT MODULI MAKE; AXIONLIKE PARTICLES; COSMIC MAGNETISM; EXPERIMENTAL ENNUI Why Strings? Quantum Gravity ; COUNTING BLACK HOLES; SINGULARITIES AND TOPOLOGY CHANGE; THE ULTIMATE COLLIDER Who ?; A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Styles of Science ; THE REVOLUTIONARIES; VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK; STOCKHOLM OR BUST; THE MOST SUBLIME BRAHMINATE OF PRINCETON; IL FAUT CULTIVER NOTRE JARDIN #EpicFail? Criticisms of String Theory Why String Theory?; REASONS FOR SUCCESS; RIVALS AND COMPETITORS; PREDICTING THE FUTURE … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 539.7258
String models - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781482242492
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