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Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
Taschenbuch von Sabine Hossenfelder
Sprache: Englisch

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"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"--
"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"--
Über den Autor
Sabine Hossenfelder is a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she studies the phenomenology of quantum gravity. She has published more than fifty research articles on physics, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. She resides in Frankfurt, Germany.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Übersetzungstitel: Das hässliche Universum
Inhalt: XII
292 S.
ISBN-13: 9781541646766
ISBN-10: 1541646762
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hossenfelder, Sabine
Hersteller: Hachette Book Group USA
Basic Books
Maße: 210 x 142 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Sabine Hossenfelder
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.2020
Gewicht: 0,267 kg
Artikel-ID: 117483950
Über den Autor
Sabine Hossenfelder is a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she studies the phenomenology of quantum gravity. She has published more than fifty research articles on physics, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. She resides in Frankfurt, Germany.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Übersetzungstitel: Das hässliche Universum
Inhalt: XII
292 S.
ISBN-13: 9781541646766
ISBN-10: 1541646762
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hossenfelder, Sabine
Hersteller: Hachette Book Group USA
Basic Books
Maße: 210 x 142 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Sabine Hossenfelder
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.06.2020
Gewicht: 0,267 kg
Artikel-ID: 117483950
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