Reality Is Not What It SeemsDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed throughout centuries, from Democritus to loop quantum gravity. Taking us on a wondrous journey, he invites us to imagine a whole new world where black holes are waiting to

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Surrounded by new and surprising neighbours

a prisoner and a teacher in block 31 in Auschwitz-Birkenau

we are essentially tackling the same issues throughout our lives despite our cultural

Curated by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke

1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London

Unlike in the aftermath of Dunkirk there was here simply no redeeming narrative available - Britain had been totally defeated by a far smaller Japanese force in her grandly proclaimed invincible Asian 'fortress'

Ellidaey is an isolated island off the coast of Iceland

new tricks

and later Riders

lived on country estates

The narrative moves from poetry to prose and includes sketches