Reality Is Not What It Seems

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内容简介:

What are time and space made of?

Where does matter come from?

And what exactly is reality?

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed over the last few dozen centuries.

In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Aristotle to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers readers a deeper understanding of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. His evocative explanations invite us to imagine, beyond our ever-changing idea of reality, a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.

作者简介:

Carlo Rovelli,

an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory and the author of the international bestseller Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Rovelli lives in Marseille, France.

原文摘录:

我们都处在洞穴的深处,被自身的无知与偏见束缚,有限的感官呈现给我们的只有影子。如果我们试图看得更远,就会感到困惑,我们并不习惯。但是我们仍然要尝试,这就是科学。科学思考就是要探索并重新描绘世界,逐步呈现越来越完善的图景,教我们以更有效的方式思考。科学就是对思维方式的不断探索,其力量在于用想象力推翻预想的观念,揭示实在的新面向,建立更新更有效的世界图景。这次冒险要倚仗过往的全部知识,但其核心是改编。这无限世界熠熠生辉,我们想亲眼见证。我们着迷于神秘与优美,但在视线之外仍是未经探索之地。我们不完整与不确切的知识,飘摇在未知的无尽深渊之上,但这并不会使生命毫无意义,反而使其有趣且弥足珍贵。 (查看原文)

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2017-11-06 20:09:31

—— 引自章节:引言:岸边漫步

几个世纪以来,我们逐渐意识到过去的我们竟然持有那么多错误的见解。我们曾认为地球是平的,它是世界静止不变的中心。我们曾以为宇宙很小,而且从未改变。我们曾认为人类是一个独立的物种,与其他动物没有血缘关系。我们认识到夸克、黑洞、光子、空间波动的存在,认识了我们体内每个细胞令人惊奇的分子结构。人类就像个不断长大的孩子,惊奇地发现世界并非只有他的卧室和游乐场,而是如此辽阔,有许许多多的东西可以去发现,有数不清的观点与他最初以为的不同。宇宙参差多态,无边无际,我们不断发现它新的面向。我们对世界了解得越多,就越惊奇于它的多样、优美与简洁。 (查看原文)

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2017-11-04 20:29:48

—— 引自章节:引言:岸边漫步