Helgoland
the strange and beautiful story of quantum physics
$25.21
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2022
Summary
Helgoland: A Quantum Revolution
In June 1925, a young Werner Heisenberg, seeking respite from hay fever, found himself on the windswept island of Helgoland. There, wrestling with revolutionary ideas, he conceived a theory that would forever alter science and our understanding of reality.
Helgoland tells the story of the birth of quantum physics, celebrating the brilliant young minds who pioneered this field and went on to become Nobel laureates. It’s a tale of youth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141993270 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141993278 |
| Author: | Carlo Rovelli, Erica Segre, Simon Carnell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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Popular science has rarely been so good * Prospect *The greatest populariser of physics today… We are left in a world that is not disenchanted by science, but even more magical. A triumph – Julian Baggini * Financial Times *Theoretical physics often feels rather mystical. This mind-bending, lively book by the bestselling physicist Carlo Rovelli reinforces that other-wordly feeling… unforgettable * The Times *Rovelli is often called the poet of physics. He writes elegant, wondering, enlarging books on time and quantum theory, much in the spirit of a priest bringing the word of God to his congregation, and I’ve found it good for my soul to be confronted with how little I understand the world and everything in it – Sarah Perry * Guardian *
One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline… A momentous book
– John Banville * Wall Street Journal *His most beautiful book yet… leaves an unforgettable impression of its author as a man struggling at the furthest limits of human comprehension – James Marriot * The Times *A deep-thinking, restlessly inquiring spirit. . . His books continue a tradition of popular scientific writing from Galileo to Darwin that disappeared in the academic specialisations of the past century – Ian Thomson * Observer *Another brilliant book by Rovelli… You’ll have fun – Clive Cookson * Financial Times *If anyone can make sense of the topsy-turvy, counterintuitive world of quantum physics, it is Carlo Rovelli, the most poetically minded of today’s science communicators
* The Times *A remarkably wide-ranging new meditation on quantum theory… With the light touch of a skilled storyteller… Rovelli is not afraid to mix quantum physics and eastern philosophy – Manjit Kumar * Guardian *About The Author
Carlo Rovelli
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, Helgoland, Reality Is Not What It Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-three languages.
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