1. Is the end of theoretical physics really in sight? / A. Khare -- 2. Holography, CFT and black hole entropy / P. Majumdar -- 3. Hawking radiation, effective a

Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physics -

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Based on lectures given in honour of Stephen Hawking's sixtieth birthday, this book comprises contributions from some of the world's leading theoretical physici

At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary phy