Gina Says: Adventures In The Blogosphere String War Kalai Gil The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem IsraelPaperback
Gina Says: Adventures In The Blogosphere String War Kalai Gil The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem IsraelPaperback In the summer of 2006 two books attacking string theory, a prominent theory in physics,…
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Gina Says: Adventures In The Blogosphere String War Kalai Gil The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem IsraelPaperback
In the summer of 2006 two books attacking string theory, a prominent theory in physics, appeared: Peter Woit's "Not Even Wrong" and Lee Smolin's "The Trouble with Physics". Can they be useful for learning about or discussing science? A fierce public debate, much of it on weblogs, ensued.Gina is very curious about science blogs.
Gina is eager to learn the issues and to form her own opinion about the string theory controversy. What happens in these blogs and who participates in them? She is equipped with some academic background, including in mathematics, and has some familiarity with academic life.
Her knowledge of physics is derived mainly from popular accounts. Gina likes to debate and to argue. She is fascinated by questions about rationality and philosophy, and was exposed to various other scientific controversies in the past.This book uses the blog debate on string
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