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Quantum mechanics

A personal mission: one scientist’s search for a theory of everything

20 Aug 2021
Taken from the August 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Elusive answers".

Sabine Hossenfelder reviews Shell Beach: the Search for the Final Theory by Jesper Grimstrup

shells on a beach
Empty promises Jesper Grimstrup’s book is called Shell Beach, in reference to a coastal town that is sought by the protagonist of the 1998 film Dark City. But when he gets there, he finds it empty. (Courtesy: iStock/taratata)
Jesper Grimstrup is a Danish theoretical physicist who received his PhD in 2002. His life’s missio

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Sabine Hossenfelder is a science writer and theoretical physicist who studies quantum gravity
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