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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 a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Helgoland, Reality Is Not What It Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-three languages.

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