Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N49GVM1 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 473 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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His evocative explanations invite us to imagine, beyond our ever-changing idea of reality, a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers listeners a deeper understanding of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. From the New York Times best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed over the last few dozen centuries. In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Aristotle to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity
"A beam of light in dark places" according to Alan Goodwin. This book is a book of two halves. The first is a history of physics and in particular the twin pillars of modern physics: The General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory. The second is a journey through Quantum Gravity.Making sense of modern physics can be hard, very hard, for the non scientist. For many years I have read many books grappling with the subject, some good and some not so good. Rovelli's book is a game changer The title of my review refers to the shining of light in dark places because that's how I felt when I read it. Concepts and theories that I'd struggled with through many of those previous books suddenly made sense. T. Ashutosh S. Jogalekar said Elegant writing, uneven physics: Elegant writing, uneven physics: 3.5 stars Carlo Rovelli continues the tradition from his earlier book, "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" of combining sparkling descriptions of physical phenomena with a sensitive understanding for the form of physics and the greatness of its practitioners. This book which builds on Rovelli's own work can be divided into two parts.The first part is a brief history of physics starting with the Greek philosophers Democritus and Anaximander and continuing all the way through Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Feynman, Heisenberg and Dirac. As in his previous book, Rovelli has elegant descriptions of the two great pillars of physics: quantum mechanics and general . .5 stars. Carlo Rovelli continues the tradition from his earlier book, "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" of combining sparkling descriptions of physical phenomena with a sensitive understanding for the form of physics and the greatness of its practitioners. This book which builds on Rovelli's own work can be divided into two parts.The first part is a brief history of physics starting with the Greek philosophers Democritus and Anaximander and continuing all the way through Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Feynman, Heisenberg and Dirac. As in his previous book, Rovelli has elegant descriptions of the two great pillars of physics: quantum mechanics and general . NeilB said Brings clarity to the incomprehensible.. Review of: “REALITY IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS” by Carlo RovelliFor those who have an even casual interest in modern physics or “science” this is a truly remarkable book. Rovelli is able to take highly complex problems and express them in a way which can make them accessible to even those who think that mathematics is simply something you use to figure out how much change you should get at the supermarket or doing the highly difficult calculation of how much to tip on a restaurant bill.Over the years I have read literally dozens of books written for the nonscientist about special and general relativity, quantum mechanics, B