[I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.]I can’t say for sure that I understood everything in this book, since my knowledge of physics in general is very patchy, but overall, I liked its tone, and its global idea, because I can get why one would be easily led astray by theories that look ‘bea...
TITLE: Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray AUTHOR: Sabine Hossenfelder PUBLICATION DATE: 12 June 2018 FORMAT: ARC ebook ISBN-13: 9780465094257 _______________________________ NOTE: I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my honest opini...
“The time it takes to test a new fundamental law of nature can be longer than a scientist’s career. This forces theorists to draw upon criteria other than empirical adequacy to decide which research avenues to pursue. Aesthetic appeal is one of them. In our search for new ideas, beauty plays many ro...
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