Helgoland - The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and sciencebr>br>Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and Prospectbr>br>''Popular science has rarely been so good'' Prospectbr>br>In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island of Helgoland in the North Sea in order to think. Walking all night, by dawn he had wrestled with an idea that would transform the whole of science and our very conception of the world.br>br>In Helgoland Carlo Rovelli tells the story of the birth of quantum physics and its bright young founders who were to become some of the most famous Nobel winners in science. It is a celebration of youthful rebellion and intellectual revolution. An invitation to a magical place.br>br>Here Rovelli illuminates competing interpretations of this science and offers his own original view, describing the world we touch as a fabric woven by relations. Where we, as every other thing around us, exist in our interactions with one another, in a never-ending game of mirrors.br>br>A dazzling work from a celebrated scientist and master storyteller, Helgoland transports us to dizzying heights, reminding us of the many pleasures of the life of the mind.br>br>Translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell>

Product details

• Authors: Carlo Rovelli, Rovelli Carlo
• Assisted by: Simon Carnell (Translation), Carnell Simon (Translation), Erica Segre (Translation), Segre Erica (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9780141993270
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199327-0
• No. of pages: 187
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, SCIENCE / Energy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)