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The Resource Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity, Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity, Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

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Summary
Traces how the human image of the world has changed throughout history, demonstrating the evolution of the idea of reality while touching on subjects ranging from the Higgs boson to quantum gravity
Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
280 pages
Note
  • Originally published in Italian under the title: La Realtà non è come ci appare
  • English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK
Contents
  • Walking along the shore
  • Roots. Grains ; Is there a limit to divisibility? ; The nature of things ; The classics. Isaac and the little moon ; Michael : fields and light
  • The beginning of the revolution. Albert ; The extended present ; The most beautiful of theories ; Mathematics or physics? ; The cosmos ; Quanta. Albert again ; Niels, Werner, and Paul ; Fields and particles are the same thing ; Quanta 1 : information is finite ; Quanta 2 : indeterminacy ; Quanta 3 : reality is relation ; But do we really understand?
  • Quantum space and relational time. Spacetime is quantum. Matvei ; John ; The loop's first steps ; Quanta of space. Spectra of volume and area ; Atoms of space ; Spin networks ; Time does not exist. Time is not what we think it is ; The candle chandelier and the pulse ; Spacetime sushi ; Spinfoam ; What is the world made of?
  • Beyond space and time. Beyond the Big Bang. The master ; Quantum cosmology ; Empirical confirmations? Signals from nature ; A window onto quantum gravity ; Quantum black holes ; The end of infinity ; Information. Thermal time ; Reality and information
  • Mystery
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9780735213920
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Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity
Title
Reality is not what it seems
Title remainder
the journey to quantum gravity
Statement of responsibility
Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre
Creator
Contributor
Author
Translator
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • eng
Summary
Traces how the human image of the world has changed throughout history, demonstrating the evolution of the idea of reality while touching on subjects ranging from the Higgs boson to quantum gravity
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10548617
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1956-
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Rovelli, Carlo
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530.14/3
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
QC178
LC item number
.R69313 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1962-
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  • Carnell, Simon
  • Segre, Erica
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Quantum gravity
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adult
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the elementary structure of things
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Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity, Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally published in Italian under the title: La Realtà non è come ci appare
  • English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-272) and index
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Contents
Walking along the shore -- Roots. Grains ; Is there a limit to divisibility? ; The nature of things ; The classics. Isaac and the little moon ; Michael : fields and light -- The beginning of the revolution. Albert ; The extended present ; The most beautiful of theories ; Mathematics or physics? ; The cosmos ; Quanta. Albert again ; Niels, Werner, and Paul ; Fields and particles are the same thing ; Quanta 1 : information is finite ; Quanta 2 : indeterminacy ; Quanta 3 : reality is relation ; But do we really understand? -- Quantum space and relational time. Spacetime is quantum. Matvei ; John ; The loop's first steps ; Quanta of space. Spectra of volume and area ; Atoms of space ; Spin networks ; Time does not exist. Time is not what we think it is ; The candle chandelier and the pulse ; Spacetime sushi ; Spinfoam ; What is the world made of? -- Beyond space and time. Beyond the Big Bang. The master ; Quantum cosmology ; Empirical confirmations? Signals from nature ; A window onto quantum gravity ; Quantum black holes ; The end of infinity ; Information. Thermal time ; Reality and information -- Mystery
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9780735213920
Lccn
2016036293
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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  • 957696600
  • (OCoLC)957696600
Label
Reality is not what it seems : the journey to quantum gravity, Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally published in Italian under the title: La Realtà non è come ci appare
  • English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-272) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Walking along the shore -- Roots. Grains ; Is there a limit to divisibility? ; The nature of things ; The classics. Isaac and the little moon ; Michael : fields and light -- The beginning of the revolution. Albert ; The extended present ; The most beautiful of theories ; Mathematics or physics? ; The cosmos ; Quanta. Albert again ; Niels, Werner, and Paul ; Fields and particles are the same thing ; Quanta 1 : information is finite ; Quanta 2 : indeterminacy ; Quanta 3 : reality is relation ; But do we really understand? -- Quantum space and relational time. Spacetime is quantum. Matvei ; John ; The loop's first steps ; Quanta of space. Spectra of volume and area ; Atoms of space ; Spin networks ; Time does not exist. Time is not what we think it is ; The candle chandelier and the pulse ; Spacetime sushi ; Spinfoam ; What is the world made of? -- Beyond space and time. Beyond the Big Bang. The master ; Quantum cosmology ; Empirical confirmations? Signals from nature ; A window onto quantum gravity ; Quantum black holes ; The end of infinity ; Information. Thermal time ; Reality and information -- Mystery
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9780735213920
Lccn
2016036293
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • 957696600
  • (OCoLC)957696600

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