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Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, in Germany, focusing on modifications of general relativity, phenomenological quantum gravity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. She is the creative director of the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw">“Science without the gobbledygook”</a> where she talks about recent scientific developments and debunks hype. Her latest book is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616868/existential-physics-by-sabine-hossenfelder/">Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions</a>. Follow her on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/skdh">@skdh</a>.

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Physics

Your Guide to the Many Meanings of Quantum Mechanics

James Owen Weatherall

Is Quantum Theory About Reality or What We Know?

Alan Lightman earned his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology and is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams. His nonfiction includes The Accidental Universe, and most recently, The Miraculous from the Material. He is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.

quantum mechanics

Your Guide to the Many Meanings of Quantum Mechanics

Is Quantum Theory About Reality or What We Know?

My Personal Hero: Alan Lightman on William Gerace

Why “Hawking Radiation” Was Almost “Feynman Radiation”

How to See Quantum Drops of Light

An Arguably Unreal Particle Powers All of Your Electronics

The Trouble With Teleportation

The Comforting Certainty of Unanswered Questions

Why Every Coin Flip May Be a Schrödinger’s Cat

A Universe Made of Tiny, Random Chunks