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astrophysicist
Sabine Hossenfelder of Germany
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“All the hypotheses about the early universe . . . are pure speculation. They're modern creation myths written in the language of mathematics.”
- in "Existential Physics" [2022]
“Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don’t know'.” - in "Existential Physics" [2022]
“If a thousand people read a book, they read a thousand different books. But if a thousand people read an equation,
they read the same equation.” - in "Lost In Math" [2018]
“If your belief conflicts with empirically confirmed knowledge, then you are not seeking meaning; you are delusional.”
- in "Existential Physics" [2022]
— Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder was born in 1976 in Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany; her first name is pronounced 'sah-bee-na', she uses the nickname 'Bee'. She completed her PhD in Physics at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in 2004, then worked as a research fellow in Arizona, California, Canada, and Sweden. She was employed as a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies from 2015 to 2022
and was head of the Superfluid Dark Matter group. Dr. Hossenfelder received the first F.I.A.S. Award for Innovative Thinking in August 2019, which included €10,000.
At the same time, Sabine has written a weblog since 2006 and contributed articles to many magazines, including Forbes Magazine, Quanta Magazine, New Scientist, Nature Physics, Scientific American, Nautilus Quarterly, and Physics Today.
She began her twice-weekly podcasts on YouTube in January 2007 and currently has over 900K subscribers, with more than 300 videos now online.
Sabine Hossenfelder's official website
Sabine Hossenfelder's "Backreaction" weblog [est. 2006]
Sabine Hossenfelder entry at Wikipedia
incomplete credits at Internet Movie Database
search for books by Sabine Hossenfelder {returns 30+ titles} at Amazon
Sabine Hossenfelder's Facebook page
Sabine Hossenfelder's Twitter account [est. Nov 2007]
Books by Sabine Hossenfelder
search for books by Sabine Hossenfelder {returns 30+ titles} at Amazon
"Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity (FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series) [Nov 15, 2017] by Sabine Hossenfelder
http://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Quantum-Gravity-Interdisciplinary-Science-ebook/dp/B077HYFM4D/
http://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Quantum-Gravity-Interdisciplinary-Science/dp/331987814X/
http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Gravity-Experimental-Lecture-Physics/dp/354040810X/
"Lost In Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" [Basic Books, 2018]
contends that the universe (and its particle model) is messy, and cannot be described by a mathematically beautiful Grand Unified Theory
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beauty-Physics-Astray-ebook/dp/B0763L6YR7/
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beauty-Physics-Astray/dp/1541646762/
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beauty-Physics-Astray/dp/0465094252/
"Das Hässliche Universum: Warum Unsere Suche Nach Schönheit Die Physik In Die Sackgasse Führt"
(The Ugly Universe: Why Our Search For Beauty Leads Physics To A Dead End)
http://www.amazon.com/Das-h%C3%A4ssliche-Universum/dp/3103972466/
"Perdidos En Las Matemáticas: Cómo La Belleza Confunde a Los Físicos (Ariel) (Spanish Edition)
(Lost In Mathematics: How Beauty Confounds Physicists)
Spanish Edition | by Sabine Hossenfelder and Jorge Paredes | May 14, 2019
http://www.amazon.com/Perdidos-las-matem%C3%A1ticas-belleza-confunde-ebook/dp/B07R87QVFF/
http://www.amazon.com/Perdidos-las-matem%C3%AF%C2%BF%C2%BDticas-Sabine-Hossenfelder/dp/8434431041/
"Sedotti Dalla Matematica: Come La Bellezza ha Portato I Fisici Fuori Strada" (Italian Edition)| Oct 12, 2020
(Seduced by Mathematics: How Beauty Led Physicists Astray)
http://www.amazon.com/Sedotti-dalla-matematica-bellezza-portato-ebook/dp/B086CBPQKY/
"Lost In Maths: Comment La Beauté Égare La Physique" (French Edition) by Sabine Hossenfelder and Raymond Clarinard | May 10, 2019
(Lost in Maths: How Beauty Misleads Physics)
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Maths-Comment-beaut%C3%A9-physique-ebook/dp/B07RMGYSWF/
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Maths-Comment-Beaute-Physique/dp/2251449310/
"Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide To Life’s Biggest Questions" [Viking, 8/2022]
http://www.amazon.com/Existential-Physics-Scientists-Biggest-Questions-ebook/dp/B09LH424FY/
http://www.amazon.com/Existential-Physics/dp/1838950362/
http://www.amazon.com/Existential-Physics-Scientists-Biggest-Questions/dp/1984879456/
"Mehr Als Nur Atome: Was Die Physik Über Die Welt und Das Leben Verrät [ Mar 29, 2023]
"More Than Just Atoms: What Physics Reveals About The World and Life"
http://www.amazon.com/Mehr-als-nur-Atome-Physik-ebook/dp/B0BMGCTPVR/
Other Works
[ to be added ]
Movies & Television, Other Media
incomplete Sabine Hossenfelder credits at Internet Movie Database
 | "Philosophy For Our Times" talk show podcast [since Sept 2016]
incomplete series credits at IMDb episode 157: "The Dark Side of The Universe" [June 2019] featuring host Jonas Rademacker, physicist Erik Verlinde, astrophysicist Catherine Heymans & physicist Sabine Hossenfelder • bare episode credits at IMDb Sabine Hossenfelder appeared on three other episodes, per IMDb |
"Is Dark Matter Real? with Sabine Hossenfelder" [Oct 2021] from "The Royal Institution" [est. 1799] channel [est. 9/2009]
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [50:31] online at YouTube
weekly podcast since 2011 - has over 930K subscribers!
"Sabine Hossenfelder" weekly podcast YouTube channel (subtitled "Science News Without The Gobbledygook") [est. 2011]
duplicate science YouTube channel [est. 1/2007]
third science YouTube channel address [est. 1/2007]
incomplete TV series credits at Internet Movie Database with only 15 episodes listed
episode "Dark Matter. Or What?" [Oct 2018]
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [14:26] online at YouTube
episode "Dark Energy Might Not Exist After All" [Nov 2019]
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [7:11] online at YouTube
episode "How Good Is The Evidence For Dark Energy?" [March 2020]
Sabine interviews Subir Sarkar, Professor for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [45:15] online at YouTube
episode "Dark Matter: The Situation Has Changed" 12-minute documentary [May 2021]
Initially dark matter appeared to be a nice neat theory to explain certain phenomenon of light and stars and galaxies where there was not enough matter
to explain their behavior • credits at IMDb •
watch full episode [11:49] online at YouTube
episode "What's The Fifth Force?" 9-minute documentary [July 2021]
As physicists struggle to detect dark matter many wonder if it really exists. Maybe the behavior attributed to dark matter and gravity
is entirely different - a fifth fundamental force • credits at IMDb •
watch full episode [8:34] online at YouTube
episode "Does Anti-Gravity Explain Dark Matter?" 13-minute documentary [Nov 2021]
an in-depth look at whether dark matter and dark energy could be caused by anti-gravity; the answer is no but the process of demonstrating that clarifies some
interesting aspects of antimatter, anti-gravity and, of course, dark matter and dark energy •
credits at IMDb •
watch full episode [12:56] online at YouTube
episode "New Evidence Against Dark Matter [at 5:05], Carbon Footprint of Higgs Bosons, Data Transmission Record & More" [Nov 2022]
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [12:46] online at YouTube
episode "Marijuana: All Facts and Numbers" [March 2023]
not listed at IMDb • watch full episode [21:13] online at YouTube
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 | "Rationally Speaking" audio podcast [since Jan 2010]
official podcast website • incomplete series credits at IMDb produced by The Institute of Art and Ideas [est. 2008] in London, U.K. episode 211: host Julia Galef interviews Sabine Hossenfelder on "The Case Against Beauty In Physics" [June 2018] listen to 6/2018 audio recording [42:10] online at Rationally Speaking bare episode credits at IMDb • episode transcript as 15-page .PDF file |
 | "Wired Presents Geek's Guide To The Galaxy: A Science Fiction Podcast" [since Sept 2006] hosted by David Barr Kirtley official podcast website • incomplete series credits at IMDb episode 525: "Sabine Hossenfelder Interview" audio podcast [Sept 2022] episode homepage • bare episode credits at IMDb listen to 9/2022 audio recording [1:00:51] online at YouTube |
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Sabine Hossenfelder's music YouTube channel [est. 9/2015]
Works About Sabine Hossenfelder
11/2022 interview of Sabine Hossenfelder by Killian Fox
read the Nov 2022 article online at Guardian UK website
Image Gallery
Friends & Family
Sabine Hossenfelder was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany in 1976; she completed her PhD in 2004; she has posted twice weekly on her YouTube
channel since 2007; she worked at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies from 2015 to 2022; her current affiliations/location are unclear {6/2023}.
husband physicist Stefan Scherer - married in 2006
twin daughters born in 2010
L i n k s
Sabine Hossenfelder's official website
Sabine Hossenfelder's "Backreaction" weblog [est. 2006]
Sabine Hossenfelder entry at Wikipedia
incomplete Sabine Hossenfelder credits at Internet Movie Database
search for books by Sabine Hossenfelder {returns 30+ titles} at Amazon
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