Description
On the remote North Sea island of Helgoland, Werner Heisenberg experienced the breakthrough that helped launch quantum mechanics—a theory that would transform our understanding of reality. From this pivotal moment, Carlo Rovelli traces the revolutionary ideas and personalities of early quantum physics, including Heisenberg, Dirac, and Einstein, while exploring what the theory means for our concepts of knowledge, existence, and the world itself. Blending scientific history with philosophy, Buddhist thought, and reflections on society, the book offers an accessible and provocative interpretation of the quantum realm. Written with Rovelli’s characteristic clarity and intellectual elegance, it invites readers to see reality not as a collection of fixed objects, but as a web of relationships.
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paperback
Riverhead Books
Published May 24, 2022
256 pages
ISBN: 9780593328897
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First Published
2020
Language
eng
Translation
From: ita
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