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

"I aspire to live in a world where my decisions are based on evidence, facts and reality. If I’d lived pre-Charles Darwin I’d have believed in God; unfortunately I was born in 1970 to Dutch parents so I can’t. Instead of looking to a religious figure, I turn to physicists to understand the universe. Existential Physics is by Sabine Hossenfelder , a German theoretical physicist and physics popularizer, and is her take on some of the big questions. The book was not easy for me—I had to reread parts—but I loved the opening lines, based on a young man’s question to her. He asked: “A shaman told me that my grandmother is still alive. Because of quantum mechanics. She is just not alive here and now. Is this right?” And Hossenfelder’s response, addressed to the reader: “As you can tell, I am still thinking about this. The brief answer is, it’s not totally wrong.”"