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The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force
Discover, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics
herausgegeben von Allan FranklinReading like a detective story, this work discloses the curious history of the dramatic rise and swift fall of the concept of the „Fifth Force“ a proposed modification of Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and one of the most heralded physics theories in recent memory. While discussing the origin and fate of this short-lived concept, the author provides a fascinating analysis of the ways in which scientific hypotheses in general are promulgated and pursued.