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Reality is Not What it Seems
by Carlo Rovelli
This book is non-fiction and focuses on the search for a theory on quantum gravity, a field of physics that I am very interested in. I haven't read as many non-fiction physics books as I would have liked to since I find it takes longer to get through them than fiction books, but I always feel so inspired by reading them. Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli is no exception.
It was written so well as to give the reader an introduction into the world of quantum gravity, the challenges facing finding a theory, how loop quantum gravity could work and how we even got to the point of needing to find this theory. Rovelli wrote the first part like a story which took the reader through the ages, starting at ancient Greece and finishing with what is still unknown today.
I would say that though this book is described as being for those who don't know physics too well, I even struggled to keep up with some parts, but it still was described quite well. I really enjoyed reading this and it gave me a basis to be able to read further into the subject and discover more of the topic. Some parts were written to be very technical, or at least more technical and less storylike, but I quite enjoyed the mix as it still seemed like I was learning lots.
I gave this book 5 stars because it is in an area of physics that I am really interested in and want to get into, and it was written really well to give me an introduction to this topic. I would recommend it to anyone interested in physics and wanting to read more on the topic! And I am definitely going to be reading Rovelli's other books.
It was written so well as to give the reader an introduction into the world of quantum gravity, the challenges facing finding a theory, how loop quantum gravity could work and how we even got to the point of needing to find this theory. Rovelli wrote the first part like a story which took the reader through the ages, starting at ancient Greece and finishing with what is still unknown today.
I would say that though this book is described as being for those who don't know physics too well, I even struggled to keep up with some parts, but it still was described quite well. I really enjoyed reading this and it gave me a basis to be able to read further into the subject and discover more of the topic. Some parts were written to be very technical, or at least more technical and less storylike, but I quite enjoyed the mix as it still seemed like I was learning lots.
I gave this book 5 stars because it is in an area of physics that I am really interested in and want to get into, and it was written really well to give me an introduction to this topic. I would recommend it to anyone interested in physics and wanting to read more on the topic! And I am definitely going to be reading Rovelli's other books.