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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Modern science began with ancient Greek scholars and late Medieval experiments.
Chapter 3: Newton’s universal gravitation was overturned in the twentieth century by Einstein.
Chapter 4: Einstein’s general relativity unified matter and space and implied an expanding universe.
Chapter 5: Quantum mechanics reveals three basic features of the physical world.
Chapter 6: Quantum gravity challenges our everyday ideas about both space and time.
Description
Reality Is Not What It Seems (2014) offers a quick overview of the long journey modern science has taken from the cosmic observations of ancient Greece to the heady theories of quantum mechanics. These blinks offer an easily digestible take on the many twists and turns that have occurred in the history of modern physics, as well as an overview of the tricky questions physicists continue to grapple with today.
Who Should Listen
- Science geeks and curious minds
- Students and practitioners in the field of physics
- Anyone who wants to know the secrets of the universe