Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli

Do space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture?

Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to explode, spacetime is made up of grains, and infinity does not exist -- a vast universe still largely undiscovered.

Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

Review
A global superstar... Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation ― Channel 4 News

The most fun physicist to be with -- as well as the greatest explainer of physics -- Bryan Appleyard ― Sunday Times

Product details

    ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0141983213
    Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (1 Jun. 2017)
    Language ‏ : ‎ English
    Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
    ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780141983219
    ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141983219
    Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.65 cm