LEADER 02766nim 2200445Ka 450 001 9910155587003321 005 20250102100012.2 010 $a9781524749590 010 $a1524749591 035 $a(CKB)3710000000975728 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781524749590 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002729526 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000975728 100 $a20161005d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruna---||||| 181 $cspw$2rdacontent 182 $cs$2rdamedia 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReality is not what it seems $eThe journey to quantum gravity. /$fCarlo Rovelli 205 $aUnabridged edition. 210 $aNew York $cPenguin Audio$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (5 audio files) $cdigital 300 $aUnabridged. 330 $a?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 , The Order of Time , Helgoland , and Anaximander , 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. 606 $aNonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aScience$2OverDrive 615 17$aNonfiction. 615 7$aScience. 686 $aSCI033000$aSCI055000$aSCI057000$2bisacsh 700 $aRovelli$b Carlo$0476345 701 $aRovelli$b Carlo$0476345 701 $aCarnell$b Simon$01196490 701 $aSegre$b Erica$01247486 701 $aMcMillan$b Roy$01747819 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910155587003321 996 $aReality is not what it seems$94306497 997 $aUNINA