03384nmm a2200373 i 4500991003810129707536cm 200605t2017 it o 000 0 ita d9788858688922(electronic bk.)9788817092272(print)b14391223-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Matematicaeng530.0123LC QC30AMS 14N10Penrose, Roger39346Numeri, teoremi & minotauri :perché la nuova scienza non è affatto scientifica[e-book] /Roger Penrose ; trad. di Carlo Capararo, Daniele Didero, Stefano GalliMilano :Rizzoli,20171 online resource (666 p.) :illustrationsFashion, faith, and fantasy in the new physics of the universe [Tit. orig.]Includes bibliographical references and indexFashion. Mathematical elegance as a driving force ; Some fashionable physics of the past ; Particle-physics background to string theory ; The superposition principle in QFT ; The power of Feynman diagrams ; The original key ideas of string theory ; Time in Einstein's general relativity ; Weyl's gauge theory of electromagnetism ; Functional freedom in Kaluza-Klein and string models ; Quantum obstructions to functional freedom? ; Classical instability of higher-dimensional string theory ; The fashionable status of string theory ; M-theory ; Supersymmetry ; AdS/CFT ; Brane-worlds and the landscape -- Faith. The quantum revelation ; Max Planck's E = hv ; The wave-particle paradox ; Quantum and classical levels : C, U, and R ; Wave function of a point-like particle ; Wave function of a photon ; Quantum linearity ; Quantum measurement ; The geometry of quantum spin ; Quantum entanglement and EPR effects ; Quantum functional freedom ; Quantum reality ; Objective quantum state reduction : a limit to the quantum faith? -- Fantasy. The Big Bang and FLRW cosmologies ; Black holes and local irregularities ; The second law of thermodynamics ; The Big Bang paradox ; Horizons, comoving volumes, and conformal diagrams ; The phenomenal precision in the Big Bang ; Cosmological entropy? ; Vacuum energy ; Inflationary cosmology ; The anthropic principle ; Some more fantastical cosmologies -- A new physics for the universe? Twistor theory : an alternative to strings? ; Whither quantum foundations? ; Conformal crazy cosmology? ; A personal coda -- Appendix A. Mathematical appendix. Iterated exponents ; Functional freedom of fields ; Vector spaces ; Vector bases, coordinates, and duals ; Mathematics of manifolds ; Manifolds in physics ; Bundles ; Functional freedom via bundles ; Complex numbers ; Complex geometry ; Harmonic analysisAvailable for digital lending on MLOL platform - please ask for credentials to the Library staffPhysicsPhilosophyPhysicsSocial aspectsString modelsQuantum theoryCosmologyhttps://unisalento.medialibrary.it/media/scheda.aspx?id=150149119E-book available for digital lending on MLOL platform.b1439122303-03-2205-06-20991003810129707536Numeri, teoremi & minotauri1752518UNISALENTOle01305-06-20m@ itait 00