String theory under scrutiny

Cartwright, N. & Frigg, R.

(2007). String theory under scrutiny.

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One of the main charges against string theory is that it cannot make specific predictions that may be checked against an experiment. But as Nancy Cartwright and Roman Frigg explain, other criteria should be taken into account too when evaluating scientific research.

Item Type	Online resource
Copyright holders	© 2007 Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing
Departments	LSE > Academic Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Date Deposited	22 Apr 2013
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49783

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