So You Want to Be a Physicist? Watch This First

Sabine Hossenfelder June 8, 2025
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As simple as possible, but not any simpler! Science and technology updates and summaries. No hype, no spin, no tip-toeing around inconvenient truths. Currently 5 videos a week (Tue-Wed-Thu and Sat-Sun). Early access for channel members. Sabine Hossenfelder has a PhD in physics. She is author of the books "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" (Basic Books, 2018) and "Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions" (Viking, 2022). Views are my own and do not represent any institution. Represented by Media Mobilize.

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