WHY STRING THEORY?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: CONLON, JOSEPH
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : CRC Press, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Section I: Why?; Chapter 1: The Long Wait; Chapter 2: Scales of Science: Little and Large; Chapter 3: Big Lessons of Physics; Chapter 4: The Truth Is Out There; Section II: What?; Chapter 5: What Was String Theory?; Chapter 6: What Is String Theory?; Section III: What For?; Chapter 7: Direct Experimental Evidence for String Theory; Chapter 8: Why Strings? Quantum Field Theory; Chapter 9: Why Strings? Mathematics; Chapter 10: Why Strings? Cosmology and Particle Physics; Chapter 11: Why Strings? Quantum Gravity; Section IV: Who?
  • Chapter 12: A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Styles of ScienceChapter 13: #EpicFail? Criticisms of String Theory; Chapter 14: Why String Theory?; Notes and Bibliography; Back Cover