Langues
Penguin Books Uk
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Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe. With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, art and philosophy, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery, inviting us to imagine a world where time is in us and we are not in time.
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HELGOLAND - THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL STORY OF QUANTUM PHYSICS
Carlo Rovelli
- Penguin books uk
- 1 Septembre 2022
- 9780141993270
The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and sciencebr>br>Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and Prospectbr>br>''Popular science has rarely been so good'' Prospectbr>br>In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island of Helgoland in the North Sea in order to think. Walking all night, by dawn he had wrestled with an idea that would transform the whole of science and our very conception of the world.br>br>In Helgoland Carlo Rovelli tells the story of the birth of quantum physics and its bright young founders who were to become some of the most famous Nobel winners in science. It is a celebration of youthful rebellion and intellectual revolution. An invitation to a magical place.br>br>Here Rovelli illuminates competing interpretations of this science and offers his own original view, describing the world we touch as a fabric woven by relations. Where we, as every other thing around us, exist in our interactions with one another, in a never-ending game of mirrors.br>br>A dazzling work from a celebrated scientist and master storyteller, Helgoland transports us to dizzying heights, reminding us of the many pleasures of the life of the mind.br>br>Translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell>
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THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE RULES ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN - KINDNESS
Carlo Rovelli
- Penguin books uk
- 7 Octobre 2021
- 9780141993256
Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique theorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-one languages.>
