String theory and the scientific method /

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"String theory has played a highly influential role in theoretical physics for nearly three decades and has substantially altered our view of the elementary building principles of the Universe. However, the theory remains empirically unconfirmed, and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dawid, Richard, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
String models.
Science > Methodology.
Sciences > Méthodologie.
SCIENCE > Physics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Nuclear.
Science > Methodology
String models
Stringtheorie
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Table of Contents:
  • String theory
  • The conceptual framework
  • The assessment of scientific underdetermination in string theory
  • The dynamics of high energy physics
  • Scientific underdetermination in physics and beyond
  • Final theory claims
  • An altered perspective on scientific realism.

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