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Existential Physics
A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Buch von Sabine Hossenfelder
Sprache: Englisch

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A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition

Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely.

According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. Over the last century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. Not always, though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate.

In this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes on the biggest questions in physics: Does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Has physics ruled out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? She lays out how far physicists are on the way to answering these questions, where the current limits are, and what questions might well remain unanswerable forever. Her book offers a no-nonsense yet entertaining take on some of the toughest riddles in existence, and will give the reader a solid grasp on what we know-and what we don't know.
A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition

Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely.

According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. Over the last century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. Not always, though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate.

In this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes on the biggest questions in physics: Does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Has physics ruled out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? She lays out how far physicists are on the way to answering these questions, where the current limits are, and what questions might well remain unanswerable forever. Her book offers a no-nonsense yet entertaining take on some of the toughest riddles in existence, and will give the reader a solid grasp on what we know-and what we don't know.
Über den Autor
Sabine Hossenfelder
Zusammenfassung
EXCELLENT VOICE AS A SCIENCE WRITER: Funny, witty, engaging, and absolutely fearless; Hossenfelder is unafraid of calling out her colleagues, whether they are physicists who overstate how much (or little) they know, philosophers who stray onto the terrain of physics, or science writers who portray quantum mechanics as more mysterious than it is.

STRONG PLATFORM: Hossenfelder is a prolific blogger, the creator of the popular You Tube channel "Science Without the Gobbledygook," which has over 300k subscribers, and writes widely for a variety of publications; her 2019 New York Times op-ed piece, "The Uncertain Future of Particle Physics," about how the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has failed to deliver the exciting discoveries that scientists promised, was widely discussed.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Populäre Darstellungen
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 272
Inhalt: 272 S.
ISBN-13: 9781984879455
ISBN-10: 1984879456
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Hossenfelder, Sabine
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Viking
Abbildungen: 22 DIAGRAMS THROUGHOUT
Maße: 228 x 157 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Sabine Hossenfelder
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
preigu-id: 120825541
Über den Autor
Sabine Hossenfelder
Zusammenfassung
EXCELLENT VOICE AS A SCIENCE WRITER: Funny, witty, engaging, and absolutely fearless; Hossenfelder is unafraid of calling out her colleagues, whether they are physicists who overstate how much (or little) they know, philosophers who stray onto the terrain of physics, or science writers who portray quantum mechanics as more mysterious than it is.

STRONG PLATFORM: Hossenfelder is a prolific blogger, the creator of the popular You Tube channel "Science Without the Gobbledygook," which has over 300k subscribers, and writes widely for a variety of publications; her 2019 New York Times op-ed piece, "The Uncertain Future of Particle Physics," about how the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has failed to deliver the exciting discoveries that scientists promised, was widely discussed.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Populäre Darstellungen
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 272
Inhalt: 272 S.
ISBN-13: 9781984879455
ISBN-10: 1984879456
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Hossenfelder, Sabine
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Viking
Abbildungen: 22 DIAGRAMS THROUGHOUT
Maße: 228 x 157 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Sabine Hossenfelder
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
preigu-id: 120825541
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