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    Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.

    By: Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- [author.]Contributor(s): Carnell, Simon, 1962- [translator.] | Segre, Erica [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780399184413; 0399184414Uniform titles: Siete breves lecciones de física English. Subject(s): Physics -- Popular works | Physics -- History -- 20th century | Physics -- History -- 20th century | Physics -- Popular works | Physics | Physics | Fysik | Historia | 1900-1999 | 1900-taletGenre/Form: Popular works. | History. | Popular works.DDC classification: 530 LOC classification: QC24.5 | .R68313 2016Other classification: SCI055000
    Contents:
    The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves.
    Summary: '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--Publisher's website.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- Seven brief lessons on physics.
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    "Originally published in Italian under the title Sette Brevi Lezioni di Fisica by Adelphi Edizioni, Milan"--Title page verso.

    "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.

    '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--Publisher's website.

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