{"title":"Carlo Rovelli","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"there-are-places-in-the-world-where-rules-are-less-important-9780593192160b","title":"There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA delightful intellectual feast from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSeven Brief Lessons on Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnaximander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the world’s most prominent physicists and fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. His bestselling books have introduced millions of readers to the wonders of modern physics and his singular perspective on the cosmos. This new collection of essays reveals a curious intellect always on the move. 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As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers deeper explanations of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Rovelli invites us to imagine a marvelous world where space breaks up into tiny grains, time disappears at the smallest scales, and black holes are waiting to explode—a vast universe still largely undiscovered.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870917562448,"sku":"9780735213937B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780735213937-l.jpg?v=1785877119"},{"product_id":"the-order-of-time-9780735216112b","title":"The Order of Time","description":"Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to \"flow\"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? 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Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science and literature, he suggests that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood starting from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with poetic vitality, The Order of Time offers a profoundly intelligent, culturally rich, novel appreciation of the mysteries of time.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819887628368,"sku":"9780735216112B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780735216112-l.jpg?v=1785877708"},{"product_id":"helgoland-making-sense-of-the-quantum-revolution-9780593328897b","title":"Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA startling new look at quantum theory, from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and  Anaximander.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nOne of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. 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Shifting our perspective once again, he takes us on a riveting journey through the universe so we can better comprehend our place in it.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819929473104,"sku":"9780593328897B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593328897-l.jpg?v=1785877871"},{"product_id":"anaximander-and-the-birth-of-science-9780593542361b","title":"Anaximander and the Birth of Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSeven Brief Lessons on Physics\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new way of seeing the world. His legacy includes the revolutionary ideas that the Earth floats in a void, that animals evolved, that the world can be understood in natural rather than supernatural terms, and that universal laws govern all phenomena. He introduced a new mode of rational thinking with an openness to uncertainty and the progress of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this elegant work, the renowned theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli brings to light the importance of Anaximander’s overlooked influence on modern science. He examines Anaximander not from the point of view of a historian or as an expert in Greek philosophy, but as a scientist interested in the deep nature of scientific thinking, which Rovelli locates in the critical and rebellious ability to reimagine the world again and again. \u003ci\u003eAnaximander\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the radical lack of certainty that defines the scientific quest for knowledge.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870010871888,"sku":"9780593542361B","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593542361-l.jpg?v=1785877881"},{"product_id":"white-holes-9780593545447b","title":"White Holes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSeven Brief Lessons on Physics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole’s core, space and time dissolve, and a white hole is born. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRovelli has dedicated his career to uniting the time-warping ideas of general relativity and the perplexing uncertainties of quantum mechanics. In \u003ci\u003eWhite Holes\u003c\/i\u003e, he reveals the mind of a scientist at work. He traces the ongoing adventure of his own cutting-edge research, investigating whether all black holes could eventually turn into white holes, equally compact objects in which the arrow of time is reversed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRovelli writes just as compellingly about the work of a scientist as he does the marvels of the universe. 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