I'm currently reading Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, by Sabine Hossenfelder. It's like a combination of physics and philosophy. And while the former mostly goes over my head, the latter is surprisingly comprehensible to me. I can at least grasp what the author is arguing about.
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@812labs Yes, it is a very nice explanation. But I believe it has its limits if we start talking about quantum mechanics. Just ask any physicist doing string theory to interpret an equation and any other one to interpret the same one and you're in for a few days of discussion until one of the two dies of starvation...
BTW, is the book any good? I may want to read it!
@adgaps Thank you, I'll take a look. I know Sabine from youtube, she appears to be very knowledgeable. It may be a good read for these vacations.
@rastinza Hi! Your comment doesn't appear on the pixelfed page, so I'm replying with my main Mastodon account.
I'm around 2/3s into the book, I like it so far. The author seems to want a more rigid approach to physics. She doesn't like how aesthetics and symmetry are used to evaluate theories, and leans on accepting the possibility of a more "chaotic" reality.
You did mention quantum mechanics, and she actually devotes a few chapters in discussing that particular field.