Basic Books Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

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I love reading this book. Sabine is smart, funny, and hard-headed. The book is a delight to read.Very intelligent, very clear and simple to grasp and follow. Sabine knows how to introduce complex ideas through simple analogies. So ok, she's a scientist and has limited patience for speculative nonsense, but she's subtle and funny enough to make it work. I believe I am one of those theorists she would disdain, and even so - I loved her voice and her book.PSSomething is rotten in the LHC... ;-)

Geen "maths" in dit boek om in te verdwalen. Wel een sterk overzicht van de vooruitgang van en bestaande theorieën in fysica. En een kritische blik op de koers die binnen de wetenschap wordt gevolgd. Hossenfelder schrijft leuk, open en intelligent. In dit boek beschrijft ze ook gesprekken die ze met vooraanstaande fysici heeft gehad over het onderwerp

This book was a real treat - witty, honest, bold and full of insights and quotes from other physicists Hossenfelder met along the journey. It never gets boring or strays into too much speculation like some of Smolin’s books. It felt real and refreshing, and many times made me smile or laugh out loud - not what you expect from a physics book!This book reminded me a little bit of Peter Woit’s “Not Even Wrong” - that book was deeper and covered way more ground from a physics standpoint, but Hossenfelder‘s book is more accessible and engaging. I’d recommend you read both!

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This is a highly entertaining and witty critique of the current state of physics, and, indeed, institutionalised science in general. I worked in UK academia for 20 years and what Sabine has to say rang so true. It would be good if our UKRI took her recommendations seriously. They could scrap that absolute and vast waste of time, money and effort, the REF, for starters. And then make courses in the sociology, philosophy and psychology of science mandatory for scientists firstly and research support professionals for seconds. Anyway, I also found this book really helpful as a layperson in broadening my understanding of modern physics. Good on so many levels...