The end of physics

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1. XparXnoiAxOct 2016
   "The End of Physics" is a good one. You may also re-think your desire to learn physics. If you get through the book and still want to learn, then you will do it completely without illusions.

   https://www.amazon.com/End-Physics-Myth-Unified-Theory/dp/04...

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2. d0mineOct 2022
   There are books on the topic e.g., "The End Of Physics" by D.Lindley.

   There are two questions:

   - whether there are laws that describe everything there is to know (e.g., the answer is yes for chess—there are rules that describe it). It is the "fundamental" dimension (particle physics at the moment)

   - whether there is something to do once we know all the laws. The answer is yes ("knowing rules do not make you a grandmaster") e.g., we likely know all of the fundamental physics required for turbulence or brains but it doesn't solve these fields (there are interesting unresolved problems). It is the "applications" dimension.

   https://www.quantamagazine.org/contemplating-the-end-of-phys...

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