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  1. Lost in math
    how beauty leads physics astray
    Author: Hossenfelder, Sabine
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Basic Books, New York

    "Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we... more

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    "Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse, these "too good to not be true" theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth"...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781541646766; 9780465094257; 0465094252
    RVK Categories: UB 9000
    Edition: First trade paperback edition
    Subjects: Mathematical physics; Cosmology; Quantum theory; Physik; Objektivität; Mathematisches Modell; Schönheit; Mathematische Methode; Theorie; Standardmodell <Elementarteilchenphysik>; Physikalische Theorie; Kosmologie
    Scope: XI, 291 Seiten, Illustrationen, 1 Portrait
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. Information disclosure in elections with sequential costly participation
    Author: Vorobyev, Dmitriy
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, IOS, Regensburg

    Electoral legislation varies across countries and within countries over time, and across different types of elections in terms of how it allows publication of intermediate election results including turnout and candidates' vote shares during an... more

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    Fachinformationsverbund Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    DS 55
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    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
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    Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, Bibliothek
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    Electoral legislation varies across countries and within countries over time, and across different types of elections in terms of how it allows publication of intermediate election results including turnout and candidates' vote shares during an election day. Using a pivotal costly voting model of elections in which voters have privately observed preferences between two candidates and act sequentially, I study how different rules for disclosing information about the actions of early voters affect the actions of later voters, and how they ultimately impact voter and candidate welfare. Comparing three rules observed in real life elections (no disclosure, turnout disclosure and vote count disclosure), I find that vote count disclosure dominates the other two rules in terms of voter welfare. I further show that each of the rules can provide a candidate with either the greatest or the least chance to win, depending on the candidate's ex-ante support.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/219094
    Series: IOS working papers ; no. 388 (May 2020)
    Subjects: Politische Beteiligung; Abstimmung; Wahl; Wahlverhalten; Wahlbeteiligung; Ursache; Wahlrecht; Kommunikationspolitik; Informationspolitik; Kandidat; Wahlergebnis; Wahlprognose; Veröffentlichung; Zeitpunkt; Information; Zugang; Transparenz; Politischer Prozess; Mathematisches Modell; Voting; Participation; Information Disclosure
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (V, 35 Seiten), Diagramme, Illustrationen
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    Bibliografie: Seite 28-29
  3. Über das Verhalten in der Gefahr
    Essays
    Author: Suhrkamp, Peter
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin

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