Not Even Wrong
β Scribed by Peter Woit
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 664
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Preface
1Particle Physics at the Turn of the Millennium
2The Instruments of Production
3Quantum Theory
4Quantum Field Theory
5Gauge Symmetry and Gauge Theories
6The Standard Model
7Triumph of the Standard Model
8Problems of the Standard Model
9Beyond the Standard Model
10New Insights in Quantum Field Theory and Mathematics
11String Theory: History
12String Theory and Supersymmetry: An Evaluation
13On Beauty and Difficulty
14Is Superstring Theory Science?
15The Bogdanov Affair
16The Only Game in Town: The Power and the Glory of String Theory
17The Landscape of String Theory
18Other Points of View
19Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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