{"product_id":"reality-is-not-what-it-seems-9780141983219","title":"Reality Is Not What It Seems : The Journey to Quantum Gravity","description":"\u003cp\u003eI think I like physics because it opens a window through which we can see further. It gives me the sense of fresh air entering the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientist 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘As readers of his bestselling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics will know, Rovelli writes with elegance, clarity and charm. This new book, too, is a joy to read as well as being an intellectual feast’ – The New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can order Carlo Rovelli's new book, The Order of Time , now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Carlo Rovelli\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePopular science, Physics\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 Jun 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carlo Rovelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322389930362,"sku":"9780141983219","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780141983219.jpg?v=1790688393","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/reality-is-not-what-it-seems-9780141983219","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}