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elysareadsitall's review against another edition
4.0
Carlo Rovelli's books are great. He explains complex science in simple terms, and he weaves an interesting story through the science. "White Holes" was a fascinating, short read. I read it just a few hours and was completely immersed the whole time.
mizar's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
My first book from Carlo Rovelli and I can see why he is one of the best known science communicators of our time. He writes poetically, with a passion for the subject matter that seeps through the pages.
Maybe the short volume here was written a little too poetically for my tastes (I found myself losing interest from time to time), however the price of admission was worth it, as I came across some thought-provoking ideas.
Maybe I'll need to revisit it again at some other point, with a fresh state of mind.
Maybe the short volume here was written a little too poetically for my tastes (I found myself losing interest from time to time), however the price of admission was worth it, as I came across some thought-provoking ideas.
Maybe I'll need to revisit it again at some other point, with a fresh state of mind.
a_smile's review against another edition
4.0
Carlo Rovelli mentions that this book was written with two audiences in mind (he did not use the following words).
First it is written to be accessible to people that don't know quantum phenomena from general relativity. Except that they both are science things; probably math formula's; or maybe not?
Hint: read this book it will give you the answer.
Second it is written for his fellow scientists and to please those who already know the basics Rovelli explains he wrote the book as a novel. I would argue that this choice is equally beneficial to the first group. Information is much easier to process and remember when it is presented as a story, and what a story this small book takes us on!
We journey to a black hole, from where we cross the horizon, stretch, flatten and finally make an ultimate bounce right out of time, where we stop existing for a bit only to magically re-appear in the past (yet also simultaneously million years into the future). Lucky for you, Rovelli is much better at explaining these things then I am. It makes sense by the end of this book, I promise! During our travels there will be some mind bending exercises, but fear not as we are reminded of a fellow traveler that once made a similar journey into Inferno... and he turned out ok.
A lovely book that makes the improbable understandable trough the art of story-telling.
First it is written to be accessible to people that don't know quantum phenomena from general relativity. Except that they both are science things; probably math formula's; or maybe not?
Hint: read this book it will give you the answer.
Second it is written for his fellow scientists and to please those who already know the basics Rovelli explains he wrote the book as a novel. I would argue that this choice is equally beneficial to the first group. Information is much easier to process and remember when it is presented as a story, and what a story this small book takes us on!
We journey to a black hole, from where we cross the horizon, stretch, flatten and finally make an ultimate bounce right out of time, where we stop existing for a bit only to magically re-appear in the past (yet also simultaneously million years into the future). Lucky for you, Rovelli is much better at explaining these things then I am. It makes sense by the end of this book, I promise! During our travels there will be some mind bending exercises, but fear not as we are reminded of a fellow traveler that once made a similar journey into Inferno... and he turned out ok.
A lovely book that makes the improbable understandable trough the art of story-telling.
bibliocamera's review against another edition
5.0
“Be prepared to be surprised.”
Fantastic quick read about white holes & black holes.
Fantastic quick read about white holes & black holes.