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082			_a530.01 _bPEN
100			_aPenrose, Roger
245			_aFashion, faith, and fantasy in the new physics of the universe
260			_bPrinceton University Press _c2008 _aNew Jersey
300			_axvi, 501 p. _bill. _c25 cm.
365			_aUSD _b29.95, Rs. 1991.68
520			_aWhat 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.
650			_aMathematical elegance
650			_aFeynman diagrams
650			_aQuantum revelation
650			_aPhysics - Philosophy
650			_aString models
650			_aParticle paradox
650			_aQuantum theory
650			_aInflationary cosmology
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