I felt that reading this requires considerable physics sophistication.
While there were no equations in this book, it is not a terribly easy read. A considerable history of modern physics, and background for those wondering what the problems that string theory and supersymmetry have been trying to solve in the first place.Some arguments against bigger colliders, given that the current ones have not delivered on their promises of producing new physics.Through the many interviews, we get a glimpse of the specific meanings of these words in the context of modern high level physical theories. An argument against the use of beauty, naturalness, and fine tuning avoidance in the constructions of physical theory.A brutal take on the failures of string theory, supersymmetry, theories of everything, and other research programs that have consumed significant research budgets, but are detached from experimental and observational constraints.Interviews with a number of interesting and prominent physicists.On her blog and channel, she provides overviews of many topics in physics that are well articulated, as well as what appear to be very well reasoned and researched criticisms of a number of topics (mostly physics related.) Within the small population of people interested in theoretical physics, I think that she is also very well known for her completely fearlessness, as she appears to have none of the usual social resistance to offending somebody should her statements not be aligned with popular consensus.
“Lost in Math” is a book that I’ve been curious to read, as I’ve been a subscriber to Sabine’s blog and youtube channel for quite a while.
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