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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691119793 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
530.01 |
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PEN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Penrose, Roger |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Fashion, faith, and fantasy in the new physics of the universe |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Princeton University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Jersey |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 501 p. |
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ill. |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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USD |
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29.95, Rs. 1991.68 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and best-selling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces as anyone else. In this provocative book, he argues that fashion, faith, and fantasy, while sometimes productive and even essential in physics, may be leading today's researchers astray in three of the field's most important areas--string theory, quantum mechanics, and cosmology.... The result is an important critique of some of the most significant developments in physics today from one of its most eminent figures. |
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Mathematical elegance |
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Feynman diagrams |
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Quantum revelation |
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Physics - Philosophy |
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String models |
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Particle paradox |
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Quantum theory |
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Inflationary cosmology |
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Books |