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Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Journey to Quantum Gravity

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Reality Is Not What It Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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About this listen

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new audiobook about the mind-bending nature of the universe.

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli, read by Roy McMillan.

What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality?

Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed throughout centuries. From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, he takes us on a wondrous journey to show us that beyond our ever-changing idea of reality is a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.

©2016 Carlo Rovelli (P)2016 Penguin Audio History History & Philosophy Philosophy Physics Science Cosmology Mathematics Black Hole Inspiring Feel-Good Thought-Provoking Astronomy

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Excellent overview of the current understanding of physics, explained simplistically and states that a complete understanding is not necessary to see the bigger picture.

Great

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The way he put the story was on point! good summary of physics and it was so smooth to listen to this book

On point

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it just gets better and more intriguing with every chapter... the idea (wherever its origin) that time is related to heat just amazes me with seeming simplicity. Prepare to listen closely and be wide eyed!

wow fantastic book...

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This was a lovely explanation of some very complicated ideas, with a bit more history and philosophy of science then I was expecting.
There were definitely parts where I rolled my eyes at the latest mention of a Greek philosopher. But I still came away with a better understanding of the many ideas introduced, and I enjoyed the explaining

Complicated ideas explained well.l

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Loop quantum gravity is clearly an emerging and challenging view. This book serves as a terrific introduction to the subject while anchoring the development of the subject to history of scientific breakthrough down the ages. Time will tell (if time actually exists) whether this view proves to be the best fitting theory. I highly recommend this book.

A technically demanding book beautifully read.

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