Seven brief lessons on physics

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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Main Author: Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Carnell, Simon, 1962- (Translator), Segre, Erica (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
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Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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300 |a 86 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 20 cm 
500 |a Includes index. 
500 |a Originally published in Italian under the title "Sette brevi lezioni di fisica." 
505 0 |a The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves. 
520 |a 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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700 1 |a Segre, Erica,  |e translator. 
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