Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

Book Overview

In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541646762
• ISBN13: 9781541646766
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"