Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2016Copyright date: �2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780399184413
- 0399184414
- Sette brevi lezioni di fisica. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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."
Translation from the Italian of: Sette brevi lezioni di fisica.
"English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves.
An introduction to modern physics by a founder of the loop quantum gravity theory shares seven succinct lessons on topics ranging from general relativity and quantum mechanics to elementary particles and black holes.