Chapter 10 I don't really know what to do with. The second part, chapter 11-18 are a survey on the achievements of String Theory, or rather the absence thereof. The first part, chapter 1-9, are an introduction into the Standard Model and its problems. The book can be divided roughly in two parts. Maybe the two Never's make all the difference. It remains up to you though, on which side you place yourself. I'd say the intention of Peter Woit's book is to draw the line for the case of String Theory. My grandma taught me there is a thin line between stubbornness and stupidity. These are the opening lines of chapter I of 'Not Even Wrong', though in this version the quotation has five Never's. Until I read Peter Woit's book I did not know this quotation was used by David Gross at the end of his closing talk on the Strings 2003 conference. I bought this some years ago after receiving a particularly nonsensical referee report, and it's been moving with me since. Above my desk there is a postcard with a quotation by Winston Churchill.
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