Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
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Publisher
New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
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Date
℗♭2015
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G 2016/2057
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English
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Physical content
86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
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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Publisher
New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
'Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking' These seven short, simple lessons guide us through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, a c...
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Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
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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.
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G 2016/2057
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74VKzAbXqxyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzAbXqxyg
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9780399184413
MMS ID
991023538519702626
