Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A defence of string theory

Richard Dawid: String theory and the scientific method. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, x+202pp, $90.25, £52.81 HB

  • Essay Review
  • Published:
Metascience Aims and scope

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Johansson, L.G., and K. Matsubara. 2011. String theory and general methodology: A mutual evaluation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 42: 199–210.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kuhn, T.S. 1962. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smolin, L. 2006. The trouble with physics. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Woit, P. 2006. Not even wrong: The failure of string theory and the continuing challenge to unify the laws of physics. London: Jonathan Cape.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rotman Institute of Philosophy and Department of Philosophy, Western University, Stevenson Hall, London, ON, N6A 5B8, Canada

    Keizo Matsubara

Authors
  1. Keizo Matsubara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Keizo Matsubara.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Matsubara, K. A defence of string theory. Metascience 24, 189–194 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-014-9928-1

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-014-9928-1

Search

Navigation