Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder is a German physicist, author and science creator who explains new research, questions scientific hype and explores what physics can tell us about life.
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Known for
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- Work
- Physicist, author and science communicator
- Education
- Physics PhD, University of Frankfurt, 2003
- Started sharing science
- Backreaction blog, 2006
- Breakout
- Pandemic-era YouTube growth; one million subscribers by September 2023
Mini bio
How it started.
Sabine trained in mathematics and physics at Goethe University Frankfurt, completing a physics PhD in 2003. Her research career took her to institutions in Germany, the United States, Canada and Sweden, with work on quantum gravity and the foundations of physics.
Finding her audience.
She began the Backreaction blog in 2006 and started a YouTube channel in 2007. During the pandemic she returned to video more regularly, building Science without the gobbledygook around accessible explanations and dry humour. By September 2023, the channel had reached a million subscribers, and its income was helping support her research.
Questions worth asking.
Her books bring the same questioning approach to longer arguments. Lost in Math examines the role of mathematical beauty in physics; Existential Physics explores questions about free will, the past and the limits of scientific knowledge. Her official site now describes her as creative director of Science with Sabine, covering research, technology, climate and energy.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
Research
- 2020Rethinking SuperdeterminismCo-author with Tim Palmer
Online publishing
- 2006–presentBackreactionBlogger and science communicator
Awards
Quotes
Basically I don’t care. I do my thing.Sabine Hossenfelder, NPR interview with Scott Neuman
In September 2023, she was responding to the idea that making YouTube videos meant she was no longer doing research.
Trivia
- She also goes by “Bee” on Backreaction.
- Alongside science videos, she has made music videos, including a cover of Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song”.
- She told NPR that audio mixing, synths and unusual sound effects are particular interests.
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