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Author: Bjørn Ekeberg
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
ISBN: 9781517905705
ISBN 10: 1517905702
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 March 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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In this provocative and sharply written account, Bj rn Ekeberg makes a radical case for the social construction of physics and its truths, urging that the mathematical unification of physical phenomena is not only physics' goal but also a deeply metaphysical requirement for its progress--progress put into doubt, not to say crisis, by the emergence of mathematical theories (such as multiverse or string theory) that seem 'untestable in any empirical sense and probably remain beyond the horizon of experimental physics.' --Brian Rotman, author of Becoming Beside Ourselves: The Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being What if the basis of contemporary cosmology were false? This stirring question launches Bj rn Ekeberg on a lucid exploration of modern scientific history, leading to the recent marriage of cosmology with experimental particle physics. Well-informed in contemporary philosophy, Ekeberg provides a unique synthesis that will be of interest to philosophers of science and contemplative scientists alike. --Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture
In this provocative and sharply written account, Bjorn Ekeberg makes a radical case for the social construction of physics and its truths, urging that the mathematical unification of physical phenomena is not only physics' goal but also a deeply metaphysical requirement for its progress-progress put into doubt, not to say crisis, by the emergence of mathematical theories (such as multiverse or string theory) that seem `untestable in any empirical sense and probably remain beyond the horizon of experimental physics.' -Brian Rotman, author of Becoming Beside Ourselves: The Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being What if the basis of contemporary cosmology were false? This stirring question launches Bjorn Ekeberg on a lucid exploration of modern scientific history, leading to the recent marriage of cosmology with experimental particle physics. Well-informed in contemporary philosophy, Ekeberg provides a unique synthesis that will be of interest to philosophers of science and contemplative scientists alike. -Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture
Author Information
Bjrn Ekeberg has a PhD from University of Victoria, Canada, and is an independent researcher and writer living in Oslo, Norway.
