MARC Record from Harvard University

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008 060426s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006013933
020 $a9780465092758 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQC794.6.S85$bW65 2006
082 00 $a539.7/258$222
100 1 $aWoit, Peter.
245 10 $aNot even wrong :$bthe failure of string theory and the search for unity in physical law /$cPeter Woit.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2006.
300 $axix, 291 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.
505 0 $aParticle physics at the turn of the millennium -- The instruments of production -- Quantum theory -- Quantum field theory -- Gauge symmetry and Gauge theories -- The standard model -- Triumph of the standard model -- Problems of the standard model -- Beyond the standard model -- New insights in quantum field theory and mathematics -- String theory : history -- String theory and supersymmetry : an evaluation -- On beauty and difficulty -- Is superstring theory science? -- The Bogdanov affair -- The only game in town : the power and the glory of string theory -- The landscape of string theory -- Other points of view.
650 0 $aString models.
650 0 $aSupersymmetry.
650 0 $aQuantum theory.
650 0 $aSuperstring theories.
650 0 $aPhysical laws.
988 $a20060921
906 $0DLC