Books by Lee Smolin
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review 1: The book may lack in consistency and the narrative may be slightly confusing, but the arguments presented are nevertheless provocative and convincing. It is hard to get past the disappointment that Smolin doesn't deliver answers to all the questions he's asking, but it's not the...
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review 1: I was prepared not to like this book, but I enjoyed it very much. The author does a very good job at summarizing the state of physics in 2007 and the influence of string theory as of that point in time. He does an excellent job of explaining physics and does a good job of putting...
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review 1: Treating quantum mechanics as the Standard Model does, where the whole idea of time is suppressed in favor of a description of probabilities has consequences that are not only unfortunate, but pretty much a theoretical dead end. Smolin is right; the concept of time must be reborn...
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review 1: I was attracted to this book because some e-forums I visit frequently have evangelical atheist types claiming science had all the answers and then rant that their atheistic perspective is the only logical way and how could any rational person see otherwise.The first half+ of the ...