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The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Philosophy

Richard Mason finds a saint to help a scientist.

Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize in 1979 for his work in theoretical physics. He is the author of The First Three Minutes, one of the clearest popular expositions of cosmology. His more recent book, Dreams of a Final Theory considers the possibility of a final, comprehensive physical theory. More mundanely, it also presses the case for particle physics in hard financial terms, in support of US government funding of the Superconducting Supercollider planned for Ellis County, Texas.

Congress have not accepted Weinberg’s financial case: the Supercollider remains on ice.

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