Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

by Roger Penrose

Book Overview

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose questions some of the most fashionable ideas in physics today, including string theory

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Roger Penrose argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691119791
• ISBN13: 9780691119793
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"