James Owen Weatherall: 5 books

A look inside the world of “quants” and how science can (and can’t) predict financial markets: “Entertaining and enlightening” (The New York Times). After the economic meltdown of 2008, Warren Buffett famously warned, “beware of geeks bearing formulas.” But while many of the mathematicians...

The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why “nothing” may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall’s previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today’s five most intriguing books of...

The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and...

Tras el estallido de la crisis en 2008,  muchos supuestos expertos señalaron a los complejos instrumentos financieros, y por ende a los matemáticos y físicos que los habían creado, como los culpables de la catástrofe acontecida. En este libro se narra cómo los científicos llegaron a...

«Perché esiste qualcosa anziché il nulla?» Questa antica domanda, ripresa molte volte nel corso della storia da tanti filosofi e pensatori, ci impone di meditare su quella che sembra essere in assoluto la più profonda di tutte le questioni, la distinzione tra essere e non-essere, tra ciò che...