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100 1  Hossenfelder, Sabine,|d1976-|eauthor.|4aut 
245 10 Lost in math :|bhow beauty leads physics astray /|cSabine 
       Hossenfelder 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York, NY :|bBasic Books,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    xi, 291 pages|billustrations|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |b25 cm 
500    "June 2018"--Title page verso 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and 
       index 
505 8  Preface -- The hidden rules of physics : in which I 
       realize I don't understand physics anymore. I talk to 
       friends and colleagues, see I'm not the only one confused,
       and set out to bring reason back to Earth -- What a 
       wonderful world : in which I read a lot of books about 
       dead people and find that everyone likes pretty ideas but 
       that pretty ideas sometimes work badly. At a conference I 
       begin to worry that physicists are about to discard the 
       scientific method -- The state of the union : in which I 
       sum up ten years of education in twenty pages and chat 
       about the glory days of particle physics -- Cracks in the 
       foundations : in which I meet with Nima Arkani-Hamed and 
       do my best to accept that nature isn't natural, everything
       we learn is awesome, and that nobody gives a fuck what I 
       think -- Ideal theories : in which I search for the end of
       science but find that the imagination of theoretical 
       physicists is endless. I fly to Austin, I let Steven 
       Weinberg talk at me, and realize how much we do just to 
       avoid boredom -- The incomprehensible comprehensibility of
       quantum mechanics : in which I ponder the difference 
       between math and magic -- One to rule them all : in which 
       I try to find out if anyone would care about the laws of 
       nature if they weren't beautiful. I stop off in Arizona, 
       where Frank Wilczek tells me his little Theory of 
       Something, then I fly to Maui and listen to Garrett Lisi. 
       I learn some ugly facts and count physicists -- Space, the
       final frontier : in which I try to understand a string 
       theorist and almost succeed -- The universe, all there is,
       and the rest : in which I admire the many ways to explain 
       why nobody sees the particles we invent -- Knowledge is 
       power : in which I conclude the world would be a better 
       place if everyone listened to me -- Appendix A. The 
       standard model particles -- Appendix B. The trouble with 
       naturalness -- Appendix C. What you can do to help 
520    "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. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic 
       that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: 
       observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling 
       theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, 
       invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse,
       these "too good to not be true" theories are actually 
       untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. 
       To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by 
       embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth"
       --|cProvided by publisher 
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650  0 Cosmology 
650  0 Quantum theory 
650  0 Aesthetics 
650  0 Mathematical physics|xPhilosophy 
650  0 Science|xAesthetics 
650  0 Mathematical physics 
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650  7 Matematik|2sao 
650  7 Aesthetics.|2fast 
650  7 Cosmology.|2fast 
650  7 Mathematical physics.|2fast 
650  7 Quantum theory.|2fast 
650  7 Illusion.|2gnd 
650  7 Kosmologie.|2gnd 
650  7 Mathematische Methode.|2gnd 
650  7 Mathematisches Modell.|2gnd 
650  7 Physik.|2gnd 
650  7 Schönheit.|2gnd 
650  7 Standardmodell.|2gnd 
650  7 Theorie.|2gnd 
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