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Reality is not what it seems : the elementary structure of things / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735213920 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Originally published in Italian under the title: La Realtà non è come ci appare. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Grains -- Classics -- Albert -- Quanta -- Spacetime is quantum -- Quanta of space -- Time does not exist -- Beyond the big bang -- Empirical confirmations? -- Quantum black holes -- The end of infinity -- Information -- Mystery. |
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| Subject: | Quantum gravity. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
Traces how the human image of the world has changed throughout history, demonstrating the evolution of the idea of reality while touching on subjects ranging from the Higgs boson to quantum gravity. - Baker & Taylor
The theoretical physicist author of the best-sellingSeven Brief Lessons on Physics traces how the human image of the world has changed throughout history, demonstrating the evolution of the idea of reality while touching on subjects ranging from the Higgs boson to quantum gravity. - Penguin Putnam
âThe man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist theyâre calling the next Stephen Hawking.â âThe Times Magazine
From the New York Timesâbestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.
What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the universe today.
In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Democritus to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to gravitational waves, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers deeper explanations of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.
This book culminates in a lucid overview of quantum gravity, the field of research that explores the quantum nature of space and time, seeking to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. Rovelli invites us to imagine a marvelous world where space breaks up into tiny grains, time disappears at the smallest scales, and black holes are waiting to explodeâa vast universe still largely undiscovered. - Penguin Putnam
“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.
What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the universe today.
In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Democritus to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to gravitational waves, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers deeper explanations of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.
This book culminates in a lucid overview of quantum gravity, the field of research that explores the quantum nature of space and time, seeking to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. Rovelli invites us to imagine a marvelous world where space breaks up into tiny grains, time disappears at the smallest scales, and black holes are waiting to explode—a vast universe still largely undiscovered.
