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Sabine Hossenfelder
"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"
Fearlessly critical of the scientific mainstream, Sabine Hossenfelder is a groundbreaking theoretical physicist who specialises in the foundations of science. She is a leading science communicator, best-selling author and researcher. Her recent books include Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, and the New York Time's Best Selling Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions.
Hossenfelder also has a popular YouTube channel, "Science without the gobbledygook" that has amassed over 80 million views. Her writing has featured in some of the world's top publications including Scientific American, New Scientist, and Nautilus.
“A physicist who is utterly fearless, completely honest, and quite funny.” - Peter Woit, mathematical physicist
"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"
Fearlessly critical of the scientific mainstream, Sabine Hossenfelder is a groundbreaking theoretical physicist who specialises in the foundations of science. She is a leading science communicator, best-selling author and researcher. Her recent books include Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, and the New York Time's Best Selling Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions.
Hossenfelder also has a popular YouTube channel, "Science without the gobbledygook" that has amassed over 80 million views. Her writing has featured in some of the world's top publications including Scientific American, New Scientist, and Nautilus.
“A physicist who is utterly fearless, completely honest, and quite funny.” - Peter Woit, mathematical physicist
Sabine Hossenfelder Videos
The Dark Universe
Are theories of dark matter and dark energy true?
The quantum unknown
Sabine Hossenfelder in conversation with Matt O’Dowd
Truth and Beauty
Do beautiful theories really explain the world?
Quantum and the unknowable universe
Has quantum physics made the universe unknowable?
Fantasy, faith, and physics
The hidden motivations of physicists
Sabine Hossenfelder Articles
Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40 years
Is Space-Time Fluid?
We still don't understand the measurement problem
Physics alone can't answer the big questions
Physics isn't pretty
When to trust scientists
More Videos
In conversation: Sabine Hossenfelder and Hilary Lawson
On physics' need for philosophy
The universe, fixity and flux
Exploring the laws of the universe
The crisis of particle physics
The mystery of reality & physics' biggest problem
Physics, particles, and fairytales
Towards the end of the standard model
The mystery of the multiverse
Should we abandon the multiverse theory?
Physicists need to learn from their mistakes
An interview with Sabine Hossenfelder
Physics doesn't have to be pretty
Shedding light on theoretical physics
The consciousness test
Is AI sentient?
The strangeness of the universe
A weird and wonderful world
What's wrong with physics
How can we regain its once great reputation?
The anti-universe
The biggest jump in physics?
Quantum and the unknowable universe
Has quantum physics made the universe unknowable?
The end of everything
Is a theory of everything just around the corner?
Our story of the universe
And how it really began
Lost in the Matrix
Are we living in a computer simulation?
The quantum unknown
Sabine Hossenfelder in conversation with Matt O’Dowd
What are Breakthroughs in Science?
Science needs philosophy
An interview with Sabine Hossenfelder
Gravity and the universe
The mysteries of gravity
More Articles
Don't believe the dark matter hype
Hints of a new fundamental force
Is Einstein still right?
The Philosophical Problems of Cosmology
Physics needs an aesthetic revolution
Escaping cosmology’s failing paradigm
Physics forgets we are part of reality
We know how time will end, but not how it started
Reality is just a quantum wave function
The power of the unreal in scientific discovery
Rewriting the history of the Universe
The Beauty of Experiments Matters
The many meanings of Schrödinger's cat
Einstein and why the block universe is a mistake
The most complex thing in the universe
The new threat to the Standard Model
Symmetry is a Guide to Reality
The Delusions of Cosmology
The multiverse under fire
Lee Smolin: the laws of the universe are changing
Dark Matter Doesn't Exist
The future is radically open
Black holes could challenge Relativity
Consciousness is irrelevant to Quantum Mechanics
Time is the increase of order, not disorder
Quantum mechanics and our part in creating reality
Quantum Theory and Common Sense: It's Complicated
The Big Bang didn't happen
James Webb images were made to look beautiful
Infinity: the question cosmology can't answer