![]() “To begin with, I’m not exactly known for being nice. Science and religion have the same roots, and still today they tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know?”įor Hossenfelder, a research fellow in theoretical physics at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany, it’s not that she wants to be nice to religious people for the sake of being nice. ![]() ![]() “That physics has something to say about our connection to the universe is not so surprising. “And why not?” she writes in the preface. She makes it clear from the beginning of her own, Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions, that spiritual ideas and traditions can be perfectly compatible with modern physics and often are, indeed, supported by it. Hossenfelder rejects the “faith versus science” dichotomy too often recycled in these books. ![]() ![]() This is one reason why Sabine Hossenfelder’s books-and YouTube channel-are such an excellent and entertaining resource for people who are serious about science and their religious faith but who find themselves put off by the books of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, or even Neil deGrasse Tyson. Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions By Sabine Hossenfelder (Viking, 2022)įinding a good popularizer for cutting-edge physics, climate science, or any of the myriad fields related to biology and medicine can be challenging today, especially when confronted by experts with a personal axe to grind about religion or philosophy. ![]()
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