Lost in Math

书名:Lost in MathHowBeautyLeadsPhysicsAstray
作者:SabineHossenfelder
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ISBN:9780465094257
出版社:BasicBooks
出版时间:2018-6-12
格式:epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数:304
豆瓣评分: 8.8

书籍简介:

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science 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.

作者简介:

Sabine Hossenfelder has grown up in Frankfurt, Germany. She has a PhD in physics from the University of Frankfurt. Since 2006 she has written the popular weblog Backreaction. Her writing has been published, among others, in Scientific American, New Scientist, NOVA, Aeon, Nautilus, and Quanta Magazine.

Sabine is presently a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. Her first book "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" was published by Basic Books in June 2018.

书友短评:

@ Enigma 同样的论点,翻来覆去说很多遍 @ clover 对理论物理学家的田野调查。和Nima Arkani-Hamed, Steven Weinberg,Joe Polchinski, 文小刚等人的访谈很值得一读。 @ beren 初看题目觉得是在黑string,其实作者指的范围更大,是物理学里到底对美的追求该占多大作用。反正我喜欢数学和理论物理,主要是因为那些美的东西能激起内心的热情,若是都是很繁琐的计算,怕也提不起兴趣。说到底这个还是个人选择吧。另外还是觉得即使从物理学本身来讲追求美并没有错,只是需要更多审美的角度吧,才不至于死在一条路上,而对一个人来说,lost in math何尝不是一件幸事呢 @ 十水 E送我的书。不同学科间存在的问题还是很有共性的。 @ 吴明士 2019-05-27 想读 有评论说她在车轱辘话来回说,但采访了这么多当代一流物理学家,结果大家都说一类的话,也说明问题吧。 @ Daniel 作者花了接近全书的篇幅用来论证一个观点:近三十多年来,基础物理学的理论研究因为缺少数据而陷入依赖审美构建甚至评估理论的窘境。Hossenfelder将她多年来在媒体上积累的写作功力用于这本书,从而得以将艰深的理论物理学的困境解释给非专业人士。从这本书出发,读者可以顺着这条线索继续摸索:理论物理的下一步是什么? @ ichihako 反经验 @ 吴明士 2019-05-27 想读 有评论说她在车轱辘话来回说,但采访了这么多当代一流物理学家,结果大家都说一类的话,也说明问题吧。 @ [已注销] 写得特别好!就是文笔特别好,对物理的解释很清晰,以及对科学的反思非常深刻。比较遗憾的是我第一次听说这个作者是因为她公开diss科哲……明明自己的科哲思想非常深刻,为什么不公开说出来是科哲呢?anyway,总的来讲还是一本好书 @ 十水 E送我的书。不同学科间存在的问题还是很有共性的。

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