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{{review|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next|Lee Smolin|R3H9XNROR2SUPQ|4 June 2008|Brave, spirited rearguard action|}}
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{{br|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} — {{author|Lee Smolin}}


===Brave, spirited rearguard action===
If only more scientists wrote for popular audiences with the humility Lee Smolin does. Whilst he occasionally gets bogged down in the detail of his own material — there are more minutiae on particle physics here than most people will care for in a bedtime read — Lee Smolin’s major points are clearly made and they ring like a bell.
If only more scientists wrote for popular audiences with the humility Lee Smolin does. Whilst he occasionally gets bogged down in the detail of his own material — there are more minutiae on particle physics here than most people will care for in a bedtime read — Lee Smolin’s major points are clearly made and they ring like a bell.