Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
'Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking' These seven short, simple lessons guide us through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, a founder of the loop quantum gravity theory. 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. In under eighty pages, readers will understand the most transformative scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and what they mean for us.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399184414
- ISBN: 9780399184413
- Physical Description: 86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. Originally published in Italian under the title Sette brevi lezioni de fisica by Adelphi Edizioni, Milan. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves. |
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| Subject: | Physics > History > 20th century. |
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