“The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next” by the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin delves into the history of physics, starting from Copernicus. The book also explores the contemporary state of physics research. It was written in 2006, and at that time, string theory had significant influence in the field. Smolin, right at the beginning, frames five major unresolved challenges in physics. These include: The author not only dives into the above problems, but he also lay emphasizes on physicists’…

The post Book Review: The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin first appeared on TechieTonics.