Thinking outside of the box – but not too far from it
Philip Moriarty reviews Fear of a Black Universe: an Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics by Stephon Alexander
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Encountering infinity: the aspects of reality we cannot comprehend
David Appell reviews Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings by Alan Lightman
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Not everything that can happen does happen – reformulating physics as laws about the impossible
Philip Ball reviews The Science of Can and Can’t by Chiara Marletto
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Recognizing religious diversity in physics
Sebastian Wood says that science needs to welcome different faiths and do more to build bridges between the two communities
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Why free will is beyond physics
Philip Ball argues that “free will” is not ruled out by physics – because it doesn’t stem from physics in the first place
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Madness in the method: why your notions of how science works are probably wrong
A new book suggests that traditional notions about “the scientific method” are flawed and misleading, as Robert P Crease discovers
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This is the critical point
Robert P Crease worries that physicists don’t realize why the humanities are so important
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More questions than answers
Qamar Scott reviews Extraterrestrial Languages by Daniel Oberhaus
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True, but not real
Michael Berry explores our perceptions and interpretations of what is "true" and "real" in the universe
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We still don’t understand physics
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Cosmological Koans: a Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre
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