A Different Universe
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Robert B. Laughlin |
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| 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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