Reality Is Not What It Seems
Author: Rovelli, Carlo
ISBN: 9780141983219
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' (Financial Times)
What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed throughout centuries. From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, he takes us on a wondrous journey to show us that beyond our ever-changing idea of reality is a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.
ISBN: 9780141983219
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' (Financial Times)
What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed throughout centuries. From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, he takes us on a wondrous journey to show us that beyond our ever-changing idea of reality is a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.
