Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity
Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-2017
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Do space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to explode, spacetime is made up of grains, and infinity does not exist - a vast universe still largely undiscovered.
Main title:
Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2017.
Collation:
xiv, 254 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.This translation originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141983219 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
530.01530.01 ROV
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EnglishItalian
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BRN:
80398