Bankrupting Physics
How Today's Top Scientists are Gambling Away Their Credibility
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this fascinating account, theoretical physicist Alexander Unzicker and science writer Sheilla Jones controversially argue that physics has abandoned its evidence-based roots and shifted to untestable mathematical theories. Ultimately they issue a clarion...
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In this fascinating account, theoretical physicist Alexander Unzicker and science writer Sheilla Jones controversially argue that physics has abandoned its evidence-based roots and shifted to untestable mathematical theories. Ultimately they issue a clarion call for the science to return to its experimental foundation.
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The recently celebrated discovery of the Higgs boson has captivated the public's imagination with the promise that it can explain the origins of everything in the universe. It's no wonder that the media refers to it grandly as the "God particle". Yet behind closed doors, physicists are admitting that there is much more to this story, and even years of gunning the Large Hadron Collider and herculean number crunching may still not lead to a deep understanding of the laws of nature. In this fascinating and eye-opening account, theoretical physicist Alexander Unzicker and science writer Sheilla Jones offer a polemic. They question whether the large-scale, multinational enterprises actually lead us to the promised land of understanding the universe. The two scientists take us on a tour of contemporary physics and show how a series of highly publicized theories met a dead end. Unzicker and Jones systematically unpack the recent hot theories such as "parallel universes," "string theory," and "inflationary cosmology," and provide an accessible explanation of each. They argue that physics has abandoned its evidence-based roots and shifted to untestable mathematical theories, and they issue a clarion call for the science to return to its experimental foundation.
Autoren-Porträt von Alexander Unzicker, Sheilla Jones
Dr. Alexander Unzicker hat in München und Bologna die Studien der Physik und Rechtswissenschaft abgeschlossen und promovierte im Bereich der Gehirnforschung mit summa cum laude, bevor er sich wieder der theoretischen Physik zuwandte. Sein besonderes Interesse gilt nun der Gravitationsphysik und der Kosmologie, wo er viel beachtete Fachpublikationen verfasst hat. Er arbeitet als Gymnasiallehrer für Mathematik, Physik und Astronomie in München.In jüngster Zeit war er in seiner Forschungstätigkeit Reviewer für die Zeitschriften Astrophysics and Space Science, Advances in Space Research und Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Das Buch profitiert vor allem von Alexander Unzickers Doppelperspektive: Als aktiver Forscher ist er auf dem neuesten Stand und weiß aktuelle Entwicklungen in größere Zusammenhänge einzuordnen. Als Lehrender versteht er aber auch Komplexes anschaulich zu erklären und mit unterhaltsamen Beispielen zu würzen. Seine Unabhängigkeit von der institutionalisierten Forschung ermöglicht es ihm, augenzwinkernd auf die ganz eigenen Gesetze des Wissenschaftsbetriebes zu blicken.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Alexander Unzicker , Sheilla Jones
- 2013, 272 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 1137278234
- ISBN-13: 9781137278234
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Unzicker's arguments are well-grounded, sound, [and] informed." --"Scientific American" (German edition)""Bankrupting Physics" is a blunt, but entertaining account of the current state of fundamental physics. The reader may not necessarily have the same opinion as the authors, but they will bear witness to some of the field's unchallengeable high priests in action, and question whether the system itself is now in a period of stagnation. How does the struggle for power and money among modern scientists compromise the quest for uncovering the true secrets of nature? This is a worthwhile book to read that is guaranteed to raise some controversy, and is likely to receive a critical reception by the very actors it is reporting on."--Pavel Kroupa, University of Bonn "A broad dismissal of modern theoretical physicists...Unzicker also targets the massive expenditures of funds on high-energy particle accelerators."--"Kirkus Reviews""Unzicker dares to think outside the mainstream. Readers will find a refreshing and provoking book that pushes the physics community to refocus how it conducts science."--Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, University of Heidelberg
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