Today's physics has led to incredible advances in the technology we
use in daily life - from cell phones and GPS systems to PET scans
and more. Current theories in physics have been amazingly effective
in practical terms. Yet all is far from well: the two foundational
concepts in physics - Quantum Theory and General Relativity - are
incompatible with each other, and observations of the universe show
that our theories are incomplete - at best.While physicists have
tried to paper over this impasse by inventing dark matter and dark
energy, they remain unobserved mysteries. Adding fuel to the fire
of current crises, artificial intelligence threatens to replace our
most cherished theories and procedures with arcane algorithms.
Worse yet perhaps, the public understands physics poorly, either
taking it for granted or fearing and rejecting it
completely.Physicists dream of a new universal theory that will
completely change how we see our world, much as Einstein did with
relativity and Newton with gravity. Likewise, society loves the
romantic notion of a single genius heroically creating a massive
paradigm shift. Still, is this scenario likely today? Perhaps the
next steps in physics will be incremental rather than gigantic.In
Physics in Crisis, Bruno Mansoulie uses simple language, insightful
examples, and his personal experience as a working physicist to
address these fundamental questions and reflect on how today's
crises in physics might be solved.
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