Description: Gina Says : Adventures in the Blogosphere String War, Hardcover by Kalai, Gil, ISBN 9813142065, ISBN-13 9789813142060, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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". A fierce public debate, much of it on weblogs, is very curious about science blogs. Can they be useful for learning about or discussing science? What happens in these blogs and who participates in them? Gina is eager to learn the issues and to form her own opinion about the string theory controversy. 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 book uses the blog debate on string theory to discuss blogs, science, and mathematics. Meandering over various topics from children's dyscalculia to Chomskian linguistics, the reader may get some sense of the chaotic and often confusing scientific experience. Th tries to show the immense difficulty involved in getting the factual matters right, and interpreting fragmented and partial information.
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Book Title: Gina Says Adventures in the Blogosphere String War
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: World Industries Scientific Publishing Co Pte LTD
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: General, Physics / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Mathematics, Science
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Gil Kalai
Format: Hardcover
