Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
2014 • 96 pages
Ratings35
Average rating3.8
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Ratings35
Average rating3.8
Everything you need to know about modern physics, the universe and your place in the world in seven enlightening lessons.
'There's a book I've been carrying around like a small Bible, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.'
- Benedict Cumberbatch
These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this beautiful and 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. In under eighty pages, readers will understand the most transformative scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and what they mean for us. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated best-seller Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.
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This book is good but too short. After The Order of Time, I was pumped for more detail and stories. Carlo opened the door, but I want more!
Really fast-reading book about essential things to know in physics.
Love chapter six: ‘probability, time, and the heat of black holes,' especially in regards to what he pointed out about indexicality and “the present.”
