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    Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
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    Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity

    Written by Carlo Rovelli

    Narrated by Roy McMillan

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    About this audiobook

    "The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they're calling the next Stephen Hawking." -The Times Magazine

    From the New York Times-bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and the forthcoming The Order of Time, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.

    What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the universe today.

    In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Democritus to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to gravitational waves, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers deeper explanations of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.

    This book culminates in a lucid overview of quantum gravity, the field of research that explores the quantum nature of space and time, seeking to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. Rovelli invites us to imagine a marvelous world where space breaks up into tiny grains, time disappears at the smallest scales, and black holes are waiting to explode--a vast universe still largely undiscovered.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 24, 2017
    ISBN9781524749583
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    Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
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    Carlo Rovelli

    Carlo Rovelli (Verona, 1956) es físico teórico, y uno de los fundadores de la llamada «gravedad cuántica de bucles». Es miembro del Instituto Universitario de Francia y de la Academia Internacional de Filosofía de la Ciencia. Responsable del equipo de gravedad cuántica del Centro de Física Teórica de la Universidad de Aix-Marsella, es autor de numerosos trabajos científicos aparecidos en las revistas más importantes de su ámbito y de dos monografías sobre la gravedad cuántica de bucles, así como de múltiples libros de divulgación, publicados en varios países. En Anagrama se han editado Siete breves lecciones de física y El orden del tiempo. Colabora con frecuencia en la prensa italiana, especialmente en Il Sole 24 Ore y La Repubblica.

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      I was able to see what he was reading. Magnificent. ??.
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      I loved the first book "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" by this author. An amazing read (listen) that describes dense concepts with a colloquial flair. I have never come across anything like it . Especially areas like quantum physics. A MUST READ!
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      This was such a great well thought out book, I'll listen to it again, it gives you more passion for science! I learned a lot of new things in this book bravo!
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      Very interesting and well written. The last chapter was beautiful.
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      A masterpiece in science, enabling the reader to a vision of reality unknown until just recently, this book is entertaining and enlightening. I salute this great and knowledgeable author!