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Questioning the Foundations of Physics - Which of Our Fundamental Assumptions Are Wrong? (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
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Questioning the Foundations of Physics - Which of Our Fundamental Assumptions Are Wrong? (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Series: The Frontiers Collection
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The essays in this book look at way in which the fundaments of
physics might need to be changed in order to make progress towards
a unified theory. They are based on the prize-winning essays
submitted to the FQXi essay competition "Which of Our Basic
Physical Assumptions Are Wrong?", which drew over 270 entries. As
Nobel Laureate physicist Philip W. Anderson realized, the key to
understanding nature's reality is not anything "magical", but the
right attitude, "the focus on asking the right questions, the
willingness to try (and to discard) unconventional answers, the
sensitive ear for phoniness, self-deception, bombast, and
conventional but unproven assumptions." The authors of the eighteen
prize-winning essays have, where necessary, adapted their essays
for the present volume so as to (a) incorporate the community
feedback generated in the online discussion of the essays, (b) add
new material that has come to light since their completion and (c)
to ensure accessibility to a broad audience of readers with a basic
grounding in physics. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi,
catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the
foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers
and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality,
but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.
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