Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder ( epub) torrent

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

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Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

Overview:

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 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