{"product_id":"9780141993270-helgoland","title":"Helgoland","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph. We are left in a world that is not disenchanted by science, but even more magical' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island of Helgoland in the North Sea in order to think. Walking all night, by dawn he had wrestled with an idea that would transform the whole of science and our very conception of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Helgoland\u003c\/i\u003e Carlo Rovelli tells the story of the birth of quantum physics and its bright young founders who were to become some of the most famous Nobel winners in science. It is a celebration of youthful rebellion and intellectual revolution. An invitation to a magical place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere Rovelli illuminates competing interpretations of this science and offers his own original view, describing the world we touch as a fabric woven by relations. Where we, as every other thing around us, exist in our interactions with one another, in a never-ending game of mirrors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling work from a celebrated scientist and master storyteller, \u003ci\u003eHelgoland\u003c\/i\u003e transports us to dizzying heights, reminding us of the many pleasures of the life of the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as a Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945666326625,"sku":"9780141993270","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32407746.jpg?v=1737274933","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141993270-helgoland","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}