SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS

Carlo Rovelli

ISBN 10: 0399184414 / ISBN 13: 9780399184413

Published by Riverhead Books, New York, 2016

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Fine in a Fine dust jacket. ; 96 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS
• Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399184414
• ISBN 13: 9780399184413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Twelfth Printing.
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Synopsis

The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander

“One of the year’s most entrancing books about science.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. The book celebrates the joy of discovery.  “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,” Rovelli writes. “And it’s breathtaking.”

About the Author

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the United States and currently directs the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille, France. His books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than fifty languages.