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" Not even wrong : "
Peter Woit
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BL
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581503
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GBA607975b410722
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| Main Entry
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Woit, Peter
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Not even wrong : : the failure of string theory and the continuing challenge to unify the laws of physics /\ Peter Woit
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London :: Jonathan Cape,, 2006
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xiii, 290 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0224076051 (hbk.)
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| Contents
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Particle physics at the turn of the millennium -- The instruments of production -- Quantum theory -- Quantum field theory -- Gauge symmetry and gauge theories -- The standard model -- Triumph of the standard model -- Problems of the standard model -- Beyond the standard model -- New insights in quantum field theory and mathematics -- String theory : history -- String theory and supersymmetry : an evaluation -- On beauty and difficulty -- Is superstring theory science? -- The Bogdanov affair -- The only game in town : the power and the glory of string theory -- The landscape of string theory -- Other points of view -- Conclusion
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String models, Popular works
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Supersymmetry
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Quantum theory
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Superstring theories
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539.72
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