Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2018-09-03
Books mentioned on How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray - Sabine Hossenfelder - #028
Sabine Hossenfelder is a blogger and Theoretical Physicist who researches quantum gravity, she is also a Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lost in Math
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder is a critical examination of modern theoretical physics, arguing that an excessive obsession with mathematical beauty and elegance has 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”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book 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”