Lost in math
how beauty leads physics astray
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Word Count
72,750 words, Guess
Page Count
291 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780465094257
- ISBN-100465094252
- WikidataQ117269566
- Library of Congress Control Number2017057165
- OCLC Control Number1005547825
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780465094257
- Open LibraryOL26962273M
Classifications
- DDC530.15
- LCCQC20.6 .H67 2018
- LCCQC20.6.H67 2018
Description
"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"--
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