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  • Published: 24 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241235973
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 96

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics




The enchanting international bestselling sensation on modern physics comes to paperback

In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli 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. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated best-seller Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and delightfully revealed.

  • Published: 24 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241235973
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 96

About the author

Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli is an internationally acclaimed writer whose books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland and White Holes, have been number one bestsellers around the world and translated into over forty languages. As a theoretical physicist, he has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time and he is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France.

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