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For February 2024 we will be reading Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law by Peter Woit.

Please use this thread to post questions, comments, and reviews, at any time.

Is anyone reading this book?

I already have the book with me and will start reading it as soon as I finish one book I'm currently reading. I expect to start in 1 or 2 weeks.

This book was a recommendation from a cosmologist friend while we discussed why string theory hasn't proved to be the unifying theory many contributors to the theory said it would be.

This book is right up my alley but unfortunately not available at any of my libraries (and I personally don’t buy books I don’t already know I love and want to keep a copy of). Hope to read it one day!

I'd love to hear more opinions on this book. I haven't found it easy to read, but I'm excited reading it.

The book starts with the interesting history of particle colliders which I was very ignorant of. But as with most books I've read on physics, it doesn't talk about the results CERN's LHC have discovered which I am very interested in hearing about.

I'm now in the chapters explaining gauge symmetries and the standard model and what a headache it has given me. I don't find it easy to understand them but I do find it very interesting to have these topics being explained from someone like Woit's background. It's a bit more technical than what I've read but I understand this is needed to fully grasp the argument the author is building.

I am a fan of books that recommend further readings so I'm also appreciating that I now have a bunch more recommendations to read and understand better these topics.