Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by:
Carlo Rovelli (author)
These seven "short lessons" guide us, with admirable clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this short, playful, entertaining and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Rovelli explains Einstein's...
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These seven "short lessons" guide us, with admirable clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this short, playful, entertaining and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architec
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780241235966 (0241235960)
Publisher: Allen Lane
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
This thin little book is a collection of seven expanded articles previously published in the Sunday supplement of the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. I found the book to be flowery of language but superficial, with very little substantial discussion of the selected topics for the "lessons on phys...
Nice short read that introduces some of the biggest theory's in physics to the laymen.
I'll give it four stars for the first six lessons, and give it a free pass on the seventh - which isn't a lesson at all, or even about physics, but is an awkward attempt at comforting those who might be tempted to think all this physics stuff somehow detracts from the meaningfulness of our human exi...
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