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Reality Is Not What It Seems

Reality Is Not What It Seems

By Carlo Rovelli

The Journey to Quantum Gravity. Penguin, 2016.

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A brief summary of Reality Is Not What It Seems

A wonderfully accessible and often poetic account of humanity’s struggle to understand time and space, based upon observations from ancient Greece to the present day, and what physicists might discover in the future.

Key insights in Reality Is Not What It Seems

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What do you get from this book? An exploration of physics and scientific thought from ancient scholars to modern theories
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The beginnings of scientific thought started with ancient greek philosophers
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Christian leaders attempted to repress and distort scientific thought to further monotheism
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Scientific research exploded as researchers worked to advance each others’ ideas
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Newton’s theory of gravity was a turning point in science that led to modern technology, including satellites and the Internet
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Albert Einstein made the connection between forces and particles, shaping our understanding of the cosmos
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The theory of quantum mechanics focuses on three key building blocks of physics
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The theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics contradict each other
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Time is a local phenomenon that is relative to gravity and mass
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Reality Is Not What It Seems

Einstein enthusiasts • future astronauts • aspiring scientists • anyone interested in the universe • fans of Stephen Hawking

About the author of Reality Is Not What It Seems

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian physicist who has shifted the field of theoretical physics with his ground-breaking research. Rovelli is the founding father of loop quantum gravity theory, which led Foreign Policy to name him to their top-100 most influential global thinker list in 2019. He also wrote The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.

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