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A book of science like no other about a scientist like no other.

This is a landmark in science writing. It resurrects from the vaults of neglect the polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the 16th century. Who is he? A gambler and blasphemer, inventor and chancer, plagued by demons and anxieties, astrologer to kings, emperors and popes. This stubborn and unworldly man was the son of a lawyer and a brothel keeper but also a gifted physician and the unacknowledged discoverer of the mathematical foundations of quantum physics.

That is the argument of this charming and intoxicatingly clever book, which is truly original in its style and, in the manner of the modernists, embodies in its very form its theories about the world. The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook is a science book with the panache of a novel, for fans of Carlo Rovelli or Umberto Eco. It is a work of and about genius.

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Excellent story/conceit. Wonderful introduction to Quantum mechanics as well as the historical progression of science. Reader's style was way too breathy and detracted from my enjoyment.

Didn't enjoy reader's breathy reading style

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Despite my only prior knowledge of anything 'quantum' relating to dishwasher detergent; this was a thoroughly enjoyable listen!
It contains fat less astrology than I originally had been hoping for, but with the angle that Brooks approaches the story from, along with the fantastic narration, it had me enthralled right up until the end credits.

Bonkers and stonkers

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Absolutely fascinating life and well-written. It took me a while to get used to the narrator but I persevered for the sale of the story. It left me richer, and for that I am grateful.

Fascinating

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While much of the book is on a historic character, the connections made to quantum physics and its development were so brilliant that it can be seen almost as a best explanation for the lay reader on the topic. Loved it. Performance is also great.

The best book on Quantum physics

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