The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy (Second Edition)

from useredv

McCutcheon's book, which is iconoclastic and even heretical, is incredibly thought-provoking. I consider this one of the best popular science books I have read in that regard. I could not help but think about Mordehai Milgrom, another challenger of standard gravitational theories, while reading M...

from DJStutsman

I am astounded that I did not discover this remarkable book sooner. Though I am not really a zealous follower of theoretical science, I have always been fascinated by the possibility that a "theory of everything" might resolve some of the fundamental mysteries of our universe. For example, althou...

from Theoretix

This original work addresses many complex issues on how using the scientific method can go wrong. The author identifies a) the background on how scientific theories originate, and b) influences that promote, sidetrack or arrest scientific progress. Although the author may talk, for instance, abou...

from JordanNovak

I purchased and read The Final Theory after finding the author's website and reading the first chapter that is provided there. This first chapter explains why the author began his search for a Theory of Everything as he locates and explains flaws and contradictions that are found all over Standar...

from jackinthebox

Technically this is a popular science book, but it's also far more than that, so don't be put off if you're not an avid popsci reader. It talks about all the everyday things we *think* we know all about (gravity, electric charge, magnets, atoms, etc.) and shows that we don't understand them at al...