TY - BOOK AU - Smolin,Lee TI - Trouble with physics: the rise of string theory, the fall of a science, and what comes next SN - 9780141018355 (Pbk) AV - QC6 .S6535 2007eb U1 - 530.14 Sm7T 23 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects KW - bisacsh KW - Physics KW - Methodology KW - History KW - 20th century KW - String models KW - Physique KW - Méthodologie KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Modèles des cordes vibrantes (Physique nucléaire) KW - SCIENCE KW - General KW - fast KW - Snaartheorie KW - gtt KW - Controversen KW - SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory KW - Quantum Physics (Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory) KW - bicssc KW - Philosophy Of Science KW - Electronic books N1 - "A Mariner book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index; The five great problems in theoretical physics -- The beauty myth -- The world as geometry -- Unification becomes a science -- From unification to superunification -- Quantum gravity : the fork in the road -- Preparing for a revolution -- The first superstring revolution -- Revolution number two -- A theory of anything -- The anthropic solution -- What string theory explains -- Surprises from the real world -- Building on Einstein -- Physics after string theory -- How do you fight sociology? -- What is science? -- Seers and craftspeople -- How science really works -- What we can do for science ER -