Book · 2018 · Science
Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Chris Williamson (1 episode), Lex Fridman (1 episode) and Russ Roberts (1 episode) on EconTalk (1 episode), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and Modern Wisdom (1 episode).
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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray talks about physicists' obsession with beautiful theories and how this is potentially leading to a restriction in progress for physics.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Sep 2018 Listen at 0:20 Questions about Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder
Who recommends Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder on podcasts?
Chris Williamson (1 episode) has recommended Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder on podcasts. In all, 3 people brought it up across 3 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Lost in Math the most?
EconTalk (1 episode), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and Modern Wisdom (1 episode).
Is Lost in Math recommended, or only discussed?
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 2 episodes, as of 2020-09-15.
What do people say about Lost in Math?
Chris Williamson on Modern Wisdom (2018-09-03): "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray talks about physicists' obsession with beautiful theories and how this is potentially leading to a restriction in progress for physics."
When was Lost in Math last mentioned on a podcast?
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder was last discussed on Lex Fridman Podcast by Lex Fridman on 2020-09-15.
What they say about it
- Focus on beauty in physics“how beauty leads physics astray”3
The best things said about it
She is the author of the book Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray.
In your book Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray you talk about this desire within the physics community to have beautiful theories.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Sep 2018 Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
Why people recommend it
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder is a science book that critiques the modern theoretical physics community's obsession with mathematical beauty and elegance, arguing that this aesthetic preference has led the field astray and hindered scientific progress. The book was featured and recommended on multiple podcast episodes. Chris Williamson recommended the work on Modern Wisdom, telling listeners that he would place a direct link to the book in the show notes and introducing its core premise regarding how physicists' fixation on beautiful theories restricts actual empirical progress. Williamson later used the book's themes to prompt Hossenfelder in a detailed discussion about the desire for elegance within the academic physics community. Russ Roberts also hosted Hossenfelder on EconTalk, introducing her repeatedly as the author of the text while examining the philosophical and real-world implications of her arguments concerning reality and physics. Additionally, on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Lex Fridman mentioned the book while chatting with Stephen Wolfram, admitting that it was a title on his reading list that he needed to explore. Across these discussions, hosts and guests treated the publication as a provocative and necessary critique of contemporary scientific methodology.
Every mention
Chris Williamson I'll make sure that I put a link to lost in math how beauty leads physics Australia booked in the show note… 1
“her most recent book lost in math how beauty leads physics astray talks about physicists obsession with beautiful theories and how this is potentially leading to a restriction in progress for physics”
“okay so in your book lost in math how beauty leads physics astray you talk about this this desire within the physics community to have beautiful theories”
“I'll make sure that I put a link to lost in math how beauty leads physics Australia booked in the show notes below”
Lex Fridman so there's uh uh Sabine Hassen Felder I don't know if you're familiar with her she uh she wrote this book u… 1
“so there's uh uh Sabine Hassen Felder I don't know if you're familiar with her she uh she wrote this book uh that I need to read”
Russ Roberts and she is the author of the book lost in math how beauty leads physics astray 1
“and she is the author of the book lost in math how beauty leads physics astray”
“I'm talking with sabina hassan felter”
“I guess the day is been Sabina Hassan Felder her book is lost in math”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and so this is what my book is called lost in math”
“so the argument that I make in my book is that this believe in naturalness is an issue and that's a problem that needs to be rethought right now”