{"product_id":"book-eekj","title":"Helgoland","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2021 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eand a Best Science Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” \u003cb\u003e―\u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline...[a] momentous book” \u003cb\u003e―John Banville, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA startling new look at quantum theory, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003eOne of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In \u003ci\u003eHelgoland\u003c\/i\u003e, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs scientists and philosophers continue to fiercely debate the meaning of the theory, Rovelli argues that its most unsettling contradictions can be explained by seeing the world as fundamentally made of relationships rather than substances. We and everything around us exist only in our interactions with one another. This bold idea suggests new directions for thinking about the structure of reality and even the nature of consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRovelli 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 comprehend our place in it.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397436350768,"sku":"BDeekj","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/361422-eekj-Square.jpg?v=1735469621","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-eekj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}