Daily Archives: August 17th, 2007
On Robert B. Laughlin’s “A Different Universe: reinventing physics from bottom down.” (2005)
Reductionism, which achieved some pretty spectacular things in its heyday which lasted for at least three centuries, has been receiving quite a beating in recent decades, and not just from philosophers and postmodernists. In this fascinating book, interspersed with witty lines and anecdotes, physicist Robert Laughlin does his part in these efforts. He treats the …
