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050 0 0 _aQC173.96
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082 0 0 _a530.12
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100 1 _aRovelli, Carlo,
_d1956-
240 1 0 _aHelgoland.
_lEnglish
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2020061487.
245 1 0 _aHelgoland :
_bmaking sense of the quantum revolution /
_cCarlo Rovelli ; translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell.
250 _aFirst North American edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRiverhead Books,
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2021.
300 _axviii, 233 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c20 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _a"Originally published in Italian under the title Helgoland by Adelphi Edizioni, Milan in 2020"--Title page verso.
500 _aTranslated from the Italian.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aLooking into the abyss -- A strangely beautiful interior -- A curious bestiary of extreme ideas -- Is it possible that something is real in relation to you but not in relation to me? -- The web of relations that weaves reality -- The unambiguous description of an object includes the objects to which it manifests itself -- "For nature it is a problem already solved" -- But is it really possible?
520 _a"One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, Rovelli examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Helgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the 21-year-old Werner Heisenberg first developed quantum theory, setting off a century of scientific revolution. Full of alarming ideas (ghost waves, distant objects that seem to be magically connected, cats that appear both dead and alive), quantum physics has led to countless discoveries and technological advancements. Today our understanding of the world is based on this theory, yet it is still profoundly mysterious. As scientists and philosophers continue to fiercly debate the theory's meaning, Rovelli argues that its most unsettling contradictions can be explained by seeing the world as fundamentally made of relationships, not substances. We and everything around us exist only in our interactions with one another. This bold idea suggests new directions for understanding the structure of reality and even the nature of consciousness. Rovelli makes learning about quantum mechanics an almost psychedelic experience. Shifting our perspective once again, he takes us on a riveting journey through the universe so we can better understand our place in it"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aQuantum theory.
700 1 _aCarnell, Simon,
_d1962-
700 1 _aSegre, Erica,
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aRovelli, Carlo, 1956-
_tHelgoland
_bFirst U.S. hardcover.
_dNew York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
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_w(DLC) 2020049574.
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