Shortest History of Reality

Geraint F. Lewis is a professor of astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy, part of the University of Sydney’s School of Physics. He is an accomplished academic, publishing more than 500 papers across cosmology, galactic archaeology, gravitational lensing, and the fundamental nature of the universe. He has published numerous other popular science titles. Derek Muller is the creator of Veritasium, a science education YouTube channel.

• Foreword by Derek Muller (Veritasium)Timeline of Human Understanding of RealityIntroductionPart 1: Early Ideas of RealityWhat Was Reality?The Nature of RealityPart 2: Reality in the Scientific RevolutionThe Rules of RealityLight, Color, and the Illusion of RealityThe Stuff of NaturePart 3: Reality in the Twentieth CenturyWhat Is Reality Made Of?The Second Theory of RelativityThe Biological RevolutionThe Quantum RevolutionThe Particle ZooPart 4: Exploring the Quantum WorldWhat Is a Quantum Wave Really?The March of UnificationSymmetry and AntimatterPart 5: The Future of RealityWhere Is My Mind?The Unfinished SymphonyWhere and When Is Everything?Closing ThoughtsFurther ReadingAcknowledgments

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