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

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

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eng

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

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Seven brief lessons on physics

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921184069

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Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

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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 architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind. In under one hundred pages, readers will understand the most transformative scientific discoveries of the twentieth century

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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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