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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Seven compact journeys through relativity, quantum theory, particles, gravity and our place in the universe.
Relativity changes our understanding of space and time; quantum theory unsettles familiar ideas about matter. Rovelli brings these shifts together with elementary particles, gravity and the place of human beings in nature. The small format gives each lesson the concentration of an essay.
Why I kept it
I picked this up because I missed learning about physics.
Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist, wrote it in Italian in 2014; the English edition followed in 2015. It moves through relativity, quantum theory, particles, gravity and our place in the universe in seven short lessons.
Relativity changes how we understand space and time, and quantum theory unsettles familiar ideas about matter; the small format gives each lesson the concentration of an essay.
They are seven very easy lessons for beginners. Nothing stood out to me as new, but it is a good popular-science book, the kind the French call vulgarisation.
It is for people getting started with physics.
Author
Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist and writer whose research examines the nature of space and time. His books invite readers into modern physics through concise explanations, vivid images and open questions. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics moves from the breakthroughs of the twentieth century to the mysteries that remain.
About the author & bookAbout this edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- W × H × D
- 129 × 198 × 10 mm
- Publisher
- Penguin
ISBN 9780141981727
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