Higher speculations: grand theories and failed revolutions in physics and cosmology
Kragh, Helge
A historical account of highly ambitious attempts to understand all of naturein 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. INDICE: 1: Beginnings of Modern Science; 2: A Victorian Theory of Everything; 3: Electrodynamics as a World View; 4: Rationalist Cosmologies; 5: Cosmology and Controversy; 6: The Rise and Fall of the Bootstrap Programme; 7: Varying Constants of Nature; 8: New Cyclic Models of The Universe; 9: The Anthropic Principle; 10: Multiverse Scenarios; 11: String Theory and Other Models of Quantum Gravity; 12: Astrobiology and Physical Eschatology; 13: Summary: FinalTheories and Epistemic Shifts
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959988-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 411
- Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés