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Seven brief lessons on physics
Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-2025
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These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this enchanting overview of modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind.
Main title:
Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
Author:
Edition:
Anniversary edition.
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2025.©2015
Collation:
viii, 83 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
First published in Italian under the title "Sette brevi lezioni di fisica" by Adelphi Edizioni, 2014.This translation first published: 2015.Includes index.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9780241737675 (hardback)
Dewey class:
530
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
703110