Podcast Episode 16: How Beauty Leads Science Astray with Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder

Описание: Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder is a physicist, science communicator, author, musician, and YouTuber. She has published more than 80 research papers on topics ranging from quantum gravity to particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics, statistical mechanics, and quantum foundations. She is the author of Lost in Math: How beauty leads physics astray, and most recently, of Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions. She is also the Creative Director of the popular YouTube channel “Science without the gobbledygook”.

In this episode, we talk about:
1. What drew Sabine to pursue mathematics and physics
2. How mathematics can describe the nature of the universe
3. The criteria of beauty (simplicity, elegance, and naturalness) and how they help shape physics
4. Why “Naturalness” is a problem in physics
5. The problems with the reliance on beauty in physics
6. What physics tells us about existential questions such as life after death and free will
7. On how her research has affected her life
8. Science communication, public support, and the inclusion of non-experts in scientific discourse
9. How we can cultivate the beauty of understanding
10. On her sense of meaning and her mission, and how they shape her work.


Resources mentioned:

Sabine's website: https://sabinehossenfelder.com

YouTube Channel, Science without the gobbledygook:    / sabinehossenfelder  

Dr, Hossenfelder’s book Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beau...

Dr. Hossenfelder's new book Existential Physics:
https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Ph...

Sponsors:
This episode is sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust as part of a grant on the aesthetic dimensions of science (TRT0296). It is also sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, and you can learn more about them here: www.iacs.usc.edu

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