Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe Bysi Only a handful of heroes

Only a handful of heroes

By the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller

her patients at the heart of this treacherous web

Author: Eric Litwin

” (taken from Chapter 1

Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe Bysi Only a handful of heroesWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces as anyone else. In this provocative book, he argues