Sabine Hossenfelder – What are Breakthroughs in Physics?

What characterizes breakthroughs in physics, historically and prospectively? Relativity and quantum mechanics were breakthroughs of the absolute largest and smallest forces and structures in the universe, radically changing our understanding of how the world works fundamentally. What could be next? Quantum gravity? Dark matter? Dark energy? String theory?

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Sabine Hossenfelder is an author and theoretical physicist who researches quantum gravity. She is creator and producer of the YouTube channel “Science Without the Gobbledygook”.

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