Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions
Publisher,Atlantic Books
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 272
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Do we have free will? Is the universe compatible with God? Do we live in a computer simulation? Does the universe think?
Physicists are great at complicated research, but they are less good at telling us why it matters. In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder breaks down why we should care. Drawing on the latest research in quantum mechanics, black holes, string theory and particle physics, Existential Physics explains what modern physics can tell us about the big questions.
Filled with counterintuitive insights and including interviews with other leading scientists, this clear and yet profound book will reshape your understanding of science and the limits of what we can know.
About the author
Sabine Hossenfelder has grown up in Frankfurt, Germany. She has a PhD in physics and is presently a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. Sabine is creator of the popular YouTube channel "Science without the gobbledygook." Her first book "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" was published by Basic Books in June 2018. Her second book is "Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions" (Viking, 2022). Her writing has been published, among others, in Scientific American, New Scientist, The Guardian, Aeon, Nautilus, and the New York Times.
Sabine is presently a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm
