Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Sabine Hossenfelder

291 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science informative reflective slow-paced

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A contrarian argues that modern physicists' 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 elegan...

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