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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

Thinking outside of the box – but not too far from it

11 Sep 2021
Taken from the September 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Flights of fancy, feet on the ground".

Philip Moriarty reviews Fear of a Black Universe: an Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics by Stephon Alexander

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Musicality Stephon Alexander argues that physics could benefit from the out-of-the-box thinking that has revolutionized some genres of music and art. (Courtesy: iStock/Jason Deckman)
Stephon Alexander’s riff on “Fear of a Black Planet” – the ground-breaking 1990 album by hip

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Philip Moriarty is a professor of physics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He blogs at Symptoms of the Universe, e-mail philip.moriarty@nottingham.ac.uk
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