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Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2018-09-03

Chris Williamson & Sabine Hossenfelder: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #028

How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray - Sabine Hossenfelder - #028

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Sabine Hossenfelder is a blogger and Theoretical Physicist who researches quantum gravity, she is also a Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.

Chris Williamson discussed Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Lost in Math

    Sabine Hossenfelder · at 0:20 · mentioned 3 times

    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.

    Discussed
    “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”
    Chris Williamson How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray - Sabine Hossenfelder - #… 2018-09-03 Listen at 0:20
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Plugged 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”
Sabine Hossenfelder How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray - Sabine Hossenfelder - #… 2018-09-03 Listen at 15:19
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