Mansoulie Bruno (Univ Paris - Saclay Cea France)
Mansoulie Bruno (Univ Paris - Saclay Cea France) - Physics In Crisis: From Multiverses To Fake News - Hardcover
Mansoulie Bruno (Univ Paris - Saclay Cea France) - Physics In Crisis: From Multiverses To Fake News - Hardcover
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Description: 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 Mansouli 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.
Title: Physics In Crisis: From Multiverses To Fake News
Author(s): Mansoulie Bruno (Univ Paris - Saclay Cea France)
Publisher: World Scientific Europe Ltd
Barcode: 9781800612341
Pages: 172 Pages
Publication Date: 8/8/2022
Category: Physics
Description: 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 Mansouli 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.
Title: Physics In Crisis: From Multiverses To Fake News
Author(s): Mansoulie Bruno (Univ Paris - Saclay Cea France)
Publisher: World Scientific Europe Ltd
Barcode: 9781800612341
Pages: 172 Pages
Publication Date: 8/8/2022
Category: Physics
