TY  - BOOK
AU  - Penrose, Roger
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016//
TI  - Fashion faith and fantasy in the new physics of the universe
PB  - Princeton University Press
CY  - Princeton
KW  - Physics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - String models
KW  - Quantum theory
KW  - Cosmology
AB  - "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."--Jacket
SN  - 9780691178530
LA  - English
N1  - Roger Penrose
ID  - 86427002X
ER  -