Author: Sabine Hossenfelder
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094260
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse, these "too good to not be true" theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth.
Lost in Math
Author: Sabine Hossenfelder
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094260
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse, these "too good to not be true" theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094260
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse, these "too good to not be true" theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth.
Report of the ... Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Report ... Of The British Association For The Advancement Of Science
Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Report of the Forty-Fourth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382837811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382837811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Report of the ... and ... Meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Report of the Forty-First Meeting of the British Association
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382134438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382134438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.