E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten
Conlon Why String Theory?
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4249-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4249-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory
During the last 50 years, numerous physicists have tried to unravel the secrets of string theory. Yet why do these scientists work on a theory lacking experimental confirmation?
Why String Theory? provides the answer, offering a highly readable and accessible panorama of the who, what, and why of this large aspect of modern theoretical physics. The author, a theoretical physics professor at the University of Oxford and a leading string theorist, explains what string theory is and where it originated. He describes how string theory fits into physics and why so many physicists and mathematicians find it appealing when working on topics from M-theory to monsters and from cosmology to superconductors.
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This book is intended for interested laypeople, generally with a degree or strong interest in science. It would also be useful to those studying A-level physics and to undergraduate physics students.
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Why?
The Long Wait
Scales of Science: Little and Large
Big Lessons of Physics
SPACE AND TIME ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH
SPACETIME IS DYNAMICAL
THE WORLD IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS
THE WORLD REALLY, HONESTLY, TRULY IS DESCRIBED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS
NATURE LIKES SYMMETRIES
THE UNIVERSE WAS YOUNG, SMOOTH AND HOT, BUT IS NOW OLD, COLD AND WRINKLY
DIFFERENT CAN BE THE SAME
NATURE IS SMARTER THAN WE ARE
The Truth Is Out There
What?
What Was String Theory?
THE BIRTH
THE NAMING CEREMONY
THE WILDERNESS YEARS
HARBINGERS OF GREAT JOY
THE LIMELIGHT
THE THEORY FORMERLY KNOWN AS STRINGS
What Is String Theory?
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY BY ANY OTHER NAME
THE MISANTHROPIC LANDSCAPE
FIFTY YEARS ON
What For?
Direct Experimental Evidence for String Theory
Why Strings? Quantum Field Theory
THE PROBLEM OF STRONG COUPLING
THE ADS/CFT CORRESPONDENCE
APPLICATIONS TO COLLISIONS OF HEAVY IONS
APPLICATIONS TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Why Strings? Mathematics
PEER RESPECT
OF MONSTERS AND MOONSHINE
MIRROR SYMMETRY
CULTS IN PHYSICS
Why Strings? Cosmology and Particle Physics
EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND MODULI
WHAT MAKES MODULI AND WHAT MODULI MAKE
AXIONLIKE PARTICLES
COSMIC MAGNETISM
EXPERIMENTAL ENNUI
Why Strings? Quantum Gravity
COUNTING BLACK HOLES
SINGULARITIES AND TOPOLOGY CHANGE
THE ULTIMATE COLLIDER
Who?
A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Styles of Science
THE REVOLUTIONARIES
VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK
STOCKHOLM OR BUST
THE MOST SUBLIME BRAHMINATE OF PRINCETON
IL FAUT CULTIVER NOTRE JARDIN
#EpicFail? Criticisms of String Theory
Why String Theory?
REASONS FOR SUCCESS
RIVALS AND COMPETITORS
PREDICTING THE FUTURE
