- Published: 2 December 2025
- ISBN: 9780241737675
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 96
- RRP: $30.00
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics











- Published: 2 December 2025
- ISBN: 9780241737675
- Imprint: Allen Lane
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 96
- RRP: $30.00
A sensation... The new cult book
Katie Law, Evening Standard
Absolutely fascinating... explains the entire universe in 79 pages
Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2
The essays in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics arrive like shots of espresso, which you can consume the way the Italians do, quickly and while standing up
Dwight Garner, New York Times
There's a book I've been carrying around like a small Bible, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Benedict Cumberbatch
A global superstar... Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation
Channel 4 News
The perfect antidote to the fluff and nonsense around right now. Learn how the world is and how you might just fit in
Simon Mayo, Daily Mirror
The man who makes physics sexy... The new Hawking... His writing is luminous. By the time I had finished reading I was in serious awe of the author
David Aaronovitch, The Times
The most fun physicist to be with -- as well as the greatest explainer of physics
Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
Honestly I cannot recommend it too strongly... One of the fastest selling science titles of all time because it is so clear
Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2
With the publication of his million-selling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli took his place with Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman as one of the great popularisers of modern theoretical physics
Sam Leith, Spectator