Science Writer, Cape Town, South Africa
Jim Baggott is an award-winning British science writer based in Cape Town, South Africa. His new book Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant will be published by Oxford University Press in October 2025.
essayPhysics
The cat that wouldn’t die
The weird paradox of Schrödinger’s cat has found a lasting popularity. What does it mean for the future of quantum physics?
Jim Baggott
essayQuantum theory
Quantum dialectics
When quantum mechanics posed a threat to the Marxist doctrine of materialism, communist physicists sought to reconcile the two
Jim Baggott
essayHistory of science
Calculate but don’t shut up
The cliché has it that the Copenhagen interpretation demands adherence without deep enquiry. That does physics a disservice
Jim Baggott
essayPhilosophy of science
How science fails
For the émigré philosopher Imre Lakatos, science degenerates unless it is theoretically and experimentally progressive
Jim Baggott
essayPhilosophy of science
But is it science?
Theoretical physicists who say the multiverse exists set a dangerous precedent: science based on zero empirical evidence
Jim Baggott
ideaHistory of science
What Einstein meant by ‘God does not play dice’
Jim Baggott