Seven brief lessons on physics
(Book)
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Physical Desc
86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Nonfiction - Adult Books
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
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Includes index.
Citation/References
Kirkus Reviews,,December 15, 2015
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BookPage,,March 01, 2016
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Publishers Weekly,,January 04, 2016
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Library Journal Prepub Alert,,October 05, 2015
Description
Instant New York Times BestsellerA startling and illustrative distillation of centuries of science.The Economist Lean, lucid and enchanting.New Scientist The international bestseller that reveals all the beauty of modern physics in seven short and enlightening lessons Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is a book about the joy of discovery. Carlo Rovelli brings a playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, offering surprisingand surprisingly easy to graspexplanations of Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. 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, Rovelli writes. And its breathtaking.
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