The I Index

Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions

Maybe someday

49

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

38/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

93/100

Author:

Sabine Hossenfelder

Publisher:

Viking

Date:

August 9, 2022

From physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life’s biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really says about the human condition.

What The Reviewers Say

Catherine Lantz,
Library Journal
... another excellent book on physics for general readers.
Julian Baggini,
The Wall Street Journal
Ms. Hossenfelder can mostly avoid straying beyond science because the questions she addresses are more metaphysical than existential.
George Kendall,
Booklist
Hossenfelder elegantly illustrates complex ideas in straightforward, lay-friendly language.

Kirkus
Unlike many other science writers, Hossenfelder is less interested in denouncing pseudoscience than revealing that many spiritual ideas are compatible with modern physics.