![]() TrackBack URL for this Entry: Some Related Entries After reading this book and some of the unfortunate innuendo it contains, one might conclude not that string theorists are honest researchers doing the best they can to understand the nature of the universe, but rather are misguided devotees of a failed cult mired in self-delusion. Woit has instead chosen to write a tendentious account providing little guidance as to why, even in the face of such criticism, so many have chosen to work on string theory. More so, the sociology of modern theoretical physics could provide a fascinating context in which to present a reasonably disinterested discussion of the pros and cons of both string theory as a research program and the way in which modern theoretical physics is pursued. There is certainly a place, then, for these criticisms to also be presented to the public. In the last few years, however, a number of popular books and television shows have made the case for string theory to the public. ![]() Its relative domination of the field of fundamental theoretical physics has long led to criticism within the scientific community. String theory, the enormously ambitious and speculative endeavor that has, for the past thirty years, attempted to unify our understanding of quantum mechanics and gravity has failed to live up to its initial promise. ![]()
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