The Number One bestselling author of The Order of Time is back with a stunning book about the enigma of quantum physics.
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.
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
*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
*Guardian*
One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters of the
dazzling enigmas of his discipline. . . A momentous book
*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
*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
*Observer*
Another brilliant book by Rovelli. . . You'll have fun
*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
*Guardian*
A great tonic for long-isolated minds . . . a thrilling story,
written with Rovelli's accustomed wit and panache. After reading
him, you'll look at the grains of beach sand between your toes with
an entirely new eye
*Irish Independent*
Inspiring. . . Without mathematics or experiment, by page 81 your
thoughts are at the frontier of quantum theory
*Spectator*
A delight . . . it is a pleasure to travel in Rovelli's company
*New Statesman*
Travelogue meets biography meets a masterful explanation of quantum
theory in this warm and fascinating account
*Guardian*
Explained with uncanny insight and lyrical grace
*Time*
A new vision, one with a remarkable power in delivering new answers
to old quantum riddles. . . original and graceful
*TLS*
Bracing and refreshing. . . Rovelli is offering a new way to
understand not just the world but our place in it, too
*NPR*
Carlo Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator. . . What I
love about his writing is that it always comes back to people --
people interacting with other people, who are interacting with
their world. This is the place where science comes to life
*Neil Gaiman*
When life feels strange, Rovelli's books remind me that there is
beauty in the strangeness
*Johny Pitts*
Rovelli is a brilliant and lucid teacher who uses his understanding
of theoretical physics and the quantum world to talk about the
complexity of our everyday reality
*Russell Brand*
Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his
beautiful writing are inspiring
*Erica Wagner*
Rovelli opens windows onto the imagination for all of us
*Antony Gormley*
I always find with Carlo Rovelli's books that there are moments
when you get a real hit of understanding -- a jigsaw in your mind
that just falls into place
*Robin Ince*
Helgoland is a wonderful guide to the most extraordinary story in
physics. It will reset your view of the universe
*Marcus du Sautoy*
Hooked me so hard I read the entire book in one sitting. And then
twice more
*Chronicle of Higher Education*
The old, solid world, if you believed in it at all, breaks into a
glorious shimmer of limitless potential
*Tablet*
Rovelli has an uncanny knack for instilling wonder and explaining
complex theories in plain, entertaining ways
*Irish Times*
I'm keen for everyone to read Helgoland: a wonderfully lucid and
poetic account of the foundations of quantum physics. It combines a
compelling history with Rovelli's own intriguing - and for me very
appealing - views about the basis of all things
*Anil Seth, author of Being You*
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