# Robert Laughlin



## books - [THE CRIME of REASON and the closing of the scientific mind](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4636/Robert%2BB.%2BLaughlin%2B-%2BThe%2BCrime%2Bof%2BReason-%2BAnd%2Bthe%2BClosing%2Bof%2Bthe%2BScientific%2BMind%2B_2008%2BBasic%2BBooks_%2B-%2Blibgen.lc.pdf)

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[Emerging physics - Philip Anderson](https://www.nature.com/articles/434701a) 

## [A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down](https://www.amazon.com/Different-Universe-Reinventing-Physics-Bottom/dp/0465038298)
> Laughlin shows us how the most fundamental laws of physics are in fact emergent

Feynman talked about "onion structure" of physics laws and [The Theory of Everything](https://www.pnas.org/content/97/1/28.full) 2000, R. B. Laughlin and David Pines

[Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC7BS9W/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1)

## video - [Robert Laughlin - Is Emergence Fundamental?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT9iDcajqMo&list=WL&index=5)

[where does the law come from?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF869nAYlfQ)
2021 [Robert Laughlin - Does Physical Reality Go Beyond?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr9YvsEu1Ho)
2019 [Robert Laughlin - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jya_lmQuvw&t=6s)

## startup

[Bill Gates-led fund is investing in a startup to build a cheap battery using a “refrigerator on steroids”](https://qz.com/1503405/bill-gates-led-fund-is-investing-in-a-startup-to-build-a-cheap-battery-using-a-refrigerator-on-steroids/)
December 21, 2018


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