高级思辨
Higher Speculations
Helge Kragh · 初版 2011 年
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纵观历史，人类一直试图构建“万物理论”（theories of everything）：以极大的野心试图从整体上理解自然。本书将这些理论置于其历史语境中进行呈现，从过去鲜为人知的假说到现代的发展——如超弦理论、人择原理和多重宇宙构想，并以此探讨科学知识的局限性。宣称拥有万物理论的学说究竟是否属于科学？评判一套所谓的宇宙——或多重宇宙——科学理论的认识论标准究竟是什么
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关于“优秀的物理学理论最终却没能成功”有一本好书：http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Speculations-Theories-Revolutio... 涡旋理论（Vortex theory）非常酷，但世界并不是按那样运转的。
A great book on good physics which did not pan out is http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Speculations-Theories-Revolutio... Vortex theory was very cool, but not how the world worked.
……都至少有几个年头了，所以算不上时效性很强的推荐。明年的书单：《语言本能：心智如何创造语言》（The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language）、蒙田随笔（Essays of Montaigne）、《斑马为什么不得胃溃疡》（Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers）、《Higher Speculations: Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology》、《理性之谜》（The Enigma of Reason）、《Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind》、《Impro》、《邓小平时代》（Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China）……
…are at least a few years old, so these aren’t timely recommendations. On the list for next year: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Essays of Montaign Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Higher Speculations: Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology The Enigma of Reason Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind Impro Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China…