{"product_id":"the-quantum-astrologer-s-handbook","title":"The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book of science like no other, about a scientist like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book of science like no other, about a scientist like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a landmark in science writing. It resurrects from the vaults of neglect the polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the sixteenth century. Who is he? A gambler and blasphemer, inventor and chancer, plagued by demons and anxieties, astrologer to kings, emperors and popes. This stubborn and unworldly man was the son of a lawyer and a brothel keeper, but also a gifted physician and the unacknowledged discoverer of the mathematical foundations of quantum physics. That is the argument of this charming and intoxicatingly clever book, which is truly original in its style, and in the manner of the modernists embodies in its very form its theories about the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Astrologer's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is a science book with the panache of a novel, for readers of Carlo Rovelli or Umberto Eco. It is a work of and about genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most original nonfiction book I've read in years.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Andrea Wulf, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFounding Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Jerome Cardano is my all-time favourite mathematical rogue. Michael Brooks has brought him vividly to life in entertaining, informative, and highly original conversations about frontier physics, held across a gulf of centuries. A daring and successful experiment and a new kind of popular science writing.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Ian Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Michael Brooks is a magician in the old sense - both scientist and artist. He uses both disciplines to create a compelling, fresh look at the quantum world. A fantastic read for students of reality.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Gwyneth Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eSunbathing in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Michael Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516769370173,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925322408.jpg?v=1787572638","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-quantum-astrologer-s-handbook","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}