Sorry for the spam, but I found that "the other anti-string" book's author (Not
Even Wrong, Peter Woit) has a positive review of the book:
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=3165
I believe this, in part, is due to the need for sophisticated geometric
mathematics in non-string theories like loop quantum gravity.
Interesting to note: of the 19 reviews on Amazon, all 19 are 5-stars!
Has anyone here read it and have an opinion or insight?
-- Owen
On Oct 30, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> This does look interesting, especially after reading Smolin's book The
> Trouble with Physics.
>
> I bet I like them both, even though many (wrongly) consider Smolin's book
> anti-string. Its more pro-physics (at least as practiced through the 1970s).
>
> Did you read it (Yau, not Smolin)? Yau won the Fields medal, always a good
> recommendation.
>
> -- Owen
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2010, at 9:29 AM, joseph spinden wrote:
>
>> I have not seen this mentioned on the list yet, but some on this list might
>> find it interesting:
>>
>> The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's
>> Hidden Dimensions, by Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis
>>
>> Yau has been at the center of string theory development.
>>
>> Joe S
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> -- Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1913.
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