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Has physics gone astray?
What is science when it’s untethered from measurable phenomena? Galileo broke free from ancient Platonic philosophy when he asserted that we should base our theory of reality on what we can observe rather than pure thought; inventing what we would come to call science for hundreds of years. But in the 20th century when quantum physics, with its deeply complex mathematics, entered into the picture, physicists began looking to the equations first and reality second. As we investigate realms further from what we can test, we must look to elegant, aesthetically pleasing equations to develop our conception of reality, resulting in something more akin to philosophy than science. This captivating book explores this conundrum.
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Pages: | 240 |
Release Date: | March 17, 2020 |
ISBN: | 9780385543859 |
Club ID: | 1423301 |
Format: | Regular Print |