Carlo Rovelli HELGOLAND First Edition Signed
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Carlo Rovelli HELGOLAND First Edition Signed
First edition first print hardback of HELGOLAND by Carlo Rovelli and published by Allen Lane - Penguin Books Ltd in 2021. Signed by Rovelli on the title page. 'Signed copy' sticker to front cover. Numberline is '001'.The book is in as new condition (dark blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a fine unclipped dust jacket which also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
One idea, more than any other, has transformed our understanding of the fabric of the universe: the quantum.
In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, retreated to a treeless, wind-battered island in the North Sea called Helgoland. It was there that he came up with the key insight behind quantum mechanics. A century later, this theory has given us modern technology and nuclear energy but remains disconcerting, enigmatic and fiercely debated.
Helgoland is the story of quantum physics and its bright young founders who were to become some of the most famous Nobel winners. It is a celebration of youthful rebellion and intellectual revolution. It is a transformative journey. Here Carlo Rovelli, a master storyteller and influential scientist, illuminates competing interpretations and offers his own original theory: the 'relational' interpretation of quantum mechanics, where the world is fundamentally made of relations and events rather than permanent substances. Where we, as every other thing around us, exist in our interactions with one another, in a never-ending game of mirrors.
A riveting voyage, full of wonder and delight, Helgoland revolutionizes our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
187 pages including an Acknowledgements and Index.
ISBN: 9780241454695
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