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Suchitra Sebastian
Suchitra Sebastian is a renowned condensed matter physicist currently working at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of exotic quantum phenomena, especially the simultaneous insulating and conducting behavior in unconventional materials. With an educational background that includes an undergraduate degree from Women's Christian College, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University, Sebastian has earned numerous accolades including the Breakthrough Foundation New Horizons in Physics Prize (2022). Alongside her scientific pursuits, she's active in the arts, performing in theatre, and co-founding the Bread Theatre and Film Company, and she's the founder director of the Cavendish Arts Science Programme at the University of Cambridge. Her exploration and findings have positioned her as one of the leading voices in modern physics.
Suchitra Sebastian is a renowned condensed matter physicist currently working at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of exotic quantum phenomena, especially the simultaneous insulating and conducting behavior in unconventional materials. With an educational background that includes an undergraduate degree from Women's Christian College, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University, Sebastian has earned numerous accolades including the Breakthrough Foundation New Horizons in Physics Prize (2022). Alongside her scientific pursuits, she's active in the arts, performing in theatre, and co-founding the Bread Theatre and Film Company, and she's the founder director of the Cavendish Arts Science Programme at the University of Cambridge. Her exploration and findings have positioned her as one of the leading voices in modern physics.
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After knowledge
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The Limits of Logic
What We Cannot Know
The New Enlightenment
The Laws of the Universe
Hawking vs. Philosophy
Post-Truth and Postmodernism
After the End of Truth
How To Spot Pseudoscience
Down the Rabbit Hole
Cause and the Universe
Beyond Quantum
The Good, the Bad and the Unknown
After the End of Evidence
The Limits of Science
Decolonising Philosophy
After Post-Truth
I Am Not A Brain
Truth and the Universe
Explaining the Inexplicable
The Reality of Feeling
The Prejudice of Facts
Uncovering the Unknown
Beyond Knowledge
Ultimate Proof
This is Our Church
The Science Delusion
Truth, Error & Adventure
Science, Sex and Subjectivity
The Elegant Truth
Poetic Theories
Revolutions of Knowledge
The Eureka Moment
The Origin of Knowledge
Science, Magic and the Inexplicable
Blinded by the Light
Everything We Know Is Wrong
Science… Fiction?
Facts and Fantasy
The Arc of Life: Roger Penrose
Leonardo's Vision
The Origin of Everything
Knowledge and Power
The Persecution of Heretics
Alchemy, Anarchy, and Science
Everything Explained
The Tyranny of Evidence
The End of Theory
The Comedy of Errors
Being Certain
Saving Science