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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (2016, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399184414
ISBN-139780399184413
eBay Product ID (ePID)212704154
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeven Brief Lessons on Physics
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPhysics / Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics / General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorCarlo Rovelli
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight5.7 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-304894
Reviews"Carlo Rovelli's Seven Brief Lessons on Physics has turned relativity and quantum physics into best-selling material." -- la Repubblica "Physics has always been popularized, but professor Rovelli's book is something else: his prose stands out as pristine and seductive at the same time, with all the substance that arouses a real interest in his readers." -- Corriere della Sera
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal530
SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems and Helgoland "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.", The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems "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.", 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."
LC Classification NumberQC24.5.R68313 2016
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