Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
4.06
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but b…
Want to Read $ 12.99"The main reason we use math in physics, however, is because we can."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"foundational physics, which is far from experimental test as science can be while still being science"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
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1. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
By: Nick Bostrom
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more
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2. The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
By: Dava Sobel
3.80
Format: 8 pages,
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3. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
By: M. Mitchell Waldrop
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4. What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
By: Roger Penrose , Erwin Schrödinger
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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5. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
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6. Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law
By: None
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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7. The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
By: Lee Smolin
4.04
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
What is string theory? Why does it matter to our understanding of the universe? And what if it is w… read more
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"When it comes to revolutionizing science, what matters is quality of thought, not quantity of true believers."-Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
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8. The Emperor's New Mind Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics
By: Martin Gardner , Roger Penrose
4.07
Format: 71 pages, Paperback
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9. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (Theoretical Minimum #1)
By: Leonard Susskind , George Hrabovsky
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
By: Nick Lane
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at th… read more
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11. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
By: Manjit Kumar
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
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12. A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
By: Becky Smethurst
4.38
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and… read more
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13. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
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14. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
By: Sean Carroll
4.07
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more
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15. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
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16. Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
By: James Vincent
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful to… read more
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17. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Quanta and Fields
By: Sean Carroll
4.18
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18. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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19. What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
By: Adam Becker
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe… read more
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20. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
4.06
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but b… read more
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"The main reason we use math in physics, however, is because we can."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"foundational physics, which is far from experimental test as science can be while still being science"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
21. Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
By: Lee Smolin
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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