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Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.

Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- (author.). Carnell, Simon, 1962- (translator.). Segre, Erica, (translator.).

Summary:

An introduction to modern physics by a founder of the loop quantum gravity theory shares seven succinct lessons on topics ranging from general relativity and quantum mechanics to elementary particles and black holes.

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ISBN: 9780399184413
ISBN: 0399184414
Physical Description: 86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Copyright: �2015

Content descriptions

General Note:: Translation from the Italian of: Sette brevi lezioni di fisica.

"English translation published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves.

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Subject:: Physics > Popular works.
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