God versus particle physics : a no-score draw : a psychological analysis of theories about life, the universe, and everything -- / J. B. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, John Booth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physics--Psychological aspects.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Luton, England] : Andrews UK Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book presents the conclusions of a psychologist seeking to make sense of contemporary particle physics as described in a number of popular science texts and media articles, written by physicists, seeking to explain the workings of the sub-atomic world. The accounts, it is argued, are a) mutually exclusive and contradictory, and b) metaphysical or magical in essence.Themes of the book include: a discussion of the way we allow physicists to invent things that have no perceivable qualities...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Body matter; Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: The No-Score Draw; Chapter 3: Ayers Rock; Chapter 4: The Big Bang: Matter of Fact or Metaphysics?; Chapter 5: How Did It All Happen?; Chapter 6: Know Thyself; Chapter 7: Waves, Words, Bits, and Boundaries; Chapter 8: Four Kinds of Physics; Chapter 9: Uncertainty, Parallel Universes, and Common Sense; Chapter 10: Reductionism: The Search for the Constituents of Stuff; Chapter 11: Postulating the Scientifically Unacceptable; Chapter 12: Positivism: Three Cheers for Philosophy

Chapter 13: The Search for TruthChapter 14: Keeping Up Appearances; Chapter 15: Facts, Figures, and Feasibility; Chapter 16: The CERN Metaphorical-Hypothetical-Particle Super-collider; Chapter 17: Hello? Is Anybody There?; Chapter 18: Please Hold. An Operator Will Be With You As Soon As Possible; Chapter 19: Extra Time...; Chapter 20: A Stairway to the Stars; Back matter; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84540-559-5

1-84540-560-9