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Higher speculations: grand theories and failed revolutions in physics and cosmology
A historical account of highly ambitious attempts to understand all of nature in terms of fundamental physics. Presenting old and new 'theories of everything' in their historical contexts, the book discusses the nature and limits of scientific explanation in connection with concrete case s...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1392999 |
| Sumario: | A historical account of highly ambitious attempts to understand all of nature in terms of fundamental physics. Presenting old and new 'theories of everything' in their historical contexts, the book discusses the nature and limits of scientific explanation in connection with concrete case studies. |
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