Why did Rush love this book?
Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder is a prominent physicist as well as science populizer and YouTube personality. Her takes on current theories combined with her famously dry (and very German) wit make for a very informative but entertaining read.
I agree with the majority of her theories but not all. She’s a staunch determinist: I still believe in some modicum of Free Will.
2 authors picked Existential Physics as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us." -The Wall Street Journal
"Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions [...] and have fun doing so." -Science Magazine
From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series "Science without the Gobbledygook," a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life's biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really says about the human condition
Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The…