Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity
Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-2016
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Place reservation for Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravityFrom the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe. 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 mind-expanding 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.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xiv, 254 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, charts ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the Italian.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Roots -- 1.Grains -- 2.The Classics -- pt. TWO The Beginning of the Revolution -- 3.Albert -- 4.Quanta -- pt. THREE Quantum Space and Relational Time -- 5.Spacetime is Quantum -- 6.Quanta of Space -- 7.Time Does Not Exist -- pt. FOUR Beyond Space and Time -- 8.Beyond the Big Bang -- 9.Empirical Confirmations? -- 10.Quantum Black Holes -- 11.The End of Infinity -- 12.Information -- 13.Mystery.
ISBN:
9780241257968
Dewey class:
530.143
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
335110
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 530.143 REA | Available |
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