{"product_id":"9781760645656-secondhand-the-shortest-history-of-reality","title":"The Shortest History of Reality","description":"From ancient myths and quantum physics to cosmology and dark matter\n\nIn The Shortest History of Reality, the idea of 'what's real' is traced from its everyday, common-sense beginnings to the mind-bending discoveries of modern physics. Along the way, we encounter the great shifts in thought that reshaped our view of existence - from ancient philosophy to the rise of science, from Newton's universe to the strange probabilities of the quantum world and beyond.\n\nBlending science, history and philosophy, this is a brisk and lucid tour through humanity's changing grasp of reality. With clarity and wit, it introduces key thinkers and turning points, revealing how each era has deepened - and complicated - our understanding of what's really out there.\n\nRather than an encyclopaedia of everything that exists, this book is the compelling story of how we've tried to make sense of it all.\n\nWith a foreword by Derek Muller (Veritasium)\n\n'This book takes you from the tiniest quantum quirks to the grand sweep of the cosmos, all in one exhilarating ride.' -Dr Karl Kruszelnicki\n\n'The Shortest History of Reality is more than history or science - it is a journey of humanity's attempts to answer one simple question: Is this real?' -Brad Tucker, astrophysicist, Australian National University\n\n'A who's who of the history of physics, revealing the characters behind the discoveries that shook our conception of reality'-Tamara Davis, astrophysicist, University of Queensland\n\n'A compact and lucid study that takes us right up to \"dark matter\" and the nature of consciousness itself.' -Sydney Morning Herald\n\nTable of Contents\n\nPART 1: EARLY IDEAS OF REALITY\n1. What Was Reality?\n2. The Nature of Reality\n\nPART 2: REALITY IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION\n3. The Rules of Reality\n4. Light, Colour and the Illusion of Reality\n5. The Stuff of Nature\n\nPART 3: REALITY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY\n6. What Is Reality Made Of?\n7. The Second Theory of Relativity\n8. The Biological Revolution\n9. The Quantum Revolution\n10. The Particle Zoo\n\nPART 4: EXPLORING THE QUANTUM WORLD\n11. What Is a Quantum Wave Really?\n12. The March of Unification\n13. Symmetry and Antimatter\n\nPART 5: THE FUTURE OF REALITY\n14. Where Is My Mind?\n15. The Unfinished Symphony\n16. Where and When Is Everything?\n17. Closing Thoughts","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49184030720219,"sku":"9781760645656-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/269d778c-ce62-4954-b1d3-0935df2d17a2.jpg?v=1787764920","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781760645656-secondhand-the-shortest-history-of-reality","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}