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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141981727

  • Length: 96  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 7mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 109g

  • RRP: £9.99

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

THE PHENOMENAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF HELGOLAND AND THE ORDER OF TIME

'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

'By God, it's beguiling' New Statesman

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 mind-bending overview of 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. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.

Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141981727

  • Length: 96  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 7mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 109g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • The most fun physicist to be with -- as well as the greatest explainer of physics

    Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times

  • There's a book I've been carrying around like a small Bible, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

    Benedict Cumberbatch

  • 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

  • A global superstar... Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation

    Channel 4 News

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About the Author

Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-one languages.

Carlo Rovelli

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Extracts

Vladimir Nabokov: novelist, poet… esteemed butterfly scientist?

In this essay from his forthcoming collection, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, titled ‘Lolita and the Blue Icarus’, Carlo Rovelli writes about Nabokov’s foray into lepidoptery – and his surprising recognition as “a scientist of real worth”.
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli

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