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Seven brief lessons on physics

Carlo Rovelli (Author), Simon Carnell (Translator), Erica Segre (Translator)
"'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.' In this short, playful, entertaining and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, 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. Readers will understand the most transformative scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century, and still continues to shake us today."--Based on Publisher's Website description
Print Book, English, 2016
Penguin Books, UK, 2016
History
viii, 83 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
9780241235966, 9780399184437, 9780399184413, 9780141981727, 0241235960, 0399184430, 0399184414, 0141981725
957587341
The most beautiful of theories
Quanta
The architecture of the cosmos
Particles
Grains of space
Probability, time and the heat of black holes
Ourselves
Translated from the Italian
Includes index