The Dream Universe: How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way

by David Lindley

A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots

In the early seventeenth century Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically changed the framework through which we view the natural world when he asserted that we should base our theory of reality on what we can observe rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385543859
• ISBN13: 9780385543859
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.4"