Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

Penrose, Roger

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Physicist Roger Penrose aruges that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of science are just as susceptible to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs and flights of fancy as anyone else. He also looks at how it has shaped his own work, and argues that an even wilder reality may lie behind current fantastical ideas 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 bestselling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers
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Penrose, Roger
Titel
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
Uitgever
Princeton University Press
Jaar
2017
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
520
Gewicht
454 gr
EAN
9780691178530
Afmetingen
202 x 133 x 34 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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