A Different Universe

A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down

First edition cover
Author Robert B. Laughlin
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Basic Books
Publication date
March 01, 2005
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 272 pages
ISBN 978-0465038282 (reissue)

A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down is a 2005 physics book by Robert B. Laughlin, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. It argues against the overuse of reductionism in fields such as string theory, and emphasizes that the future of physics research is in the study of emergence.


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