Helgoland (book)
Helgoland is a book by Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli about quantum mechanics and the relational interpretation of it that Rovelli developed.[1] The title refers to Heligoland, an island in the North Sea where Werner Heisenberg secluded himself while developing the basic ideas of quantum mechanics in 1925.[2][3]
 First Italian edition (2020) | |
| Author | Carlo Rovelli |
|---|---|
| Original title | Helgoland |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Subject | Physics |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Books (English edition) |
Publication date | 2020 |
Published in English | 2021 |
| Media type | Print, Digital, Audio CD |
| Pages | 226 (Italian edition) |
| ISBN | 8845935051 (Italian edition) |
The book was first published in Italian in 2020, and an English translation by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell was published the following year.
References
- Bozzi, Ida (September 2, 2020). ""Helgoland" di Carlo Rovelli, l'isola e gli amici geniali: la fisica dei ventenni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda (2021-07-07). "No man is an island – the early days of the quantum revolution". Physics World. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- Frank, Adam (2021-05-27). "'Helgoland' Offers A New Way To Understand The World, And Our Place In It". NPR. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
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