03062nam a22004457i 4500 32023 BD-DhAAL 20211108143855.0 171030t20162015enka 001 0 eng d 38007 38007 2016304894 9780399184413 (hbk) 0399184414 (hbk) 9780141981727 (OCoLC)ocn933728535 AZZPT eng AZZPT rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCQ CO2 PX0 CGL OCLCQ FM0 VP@ LIV SFR OVY OCLCF LMR OBE OCLCO NDS DLC BD-DhAAL QC24.5 .R68313 2016 530 23 Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- author. 21153 Sette brevi lezioni di fisica. English Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre. London ; New York : Penguin Random House, 2016. 86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. 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. The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves. '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 founder of the loop quantum gravity theory. 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 eighty pages, readers will understand the most transformative scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and what they mean for us. CSE R K Corporation 32023, 32024 Physics Popular works. 21154 Physics History 20th century. 21155 Computer science Life Sciences. 42448 Carnell, Simon, 1962- translator. 21157 Segre, Erica, translator. 21158 Reproduction of (manifestation): Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- Seven brief lessons on physics. [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015 9780241235966 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 530_000000000000000_ROV 0 60995 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2017-10-30 R K Corporation 980.00 9 78 530 ROV 3010032023 2025-08-27 2025-06-17 1 980.00 2017-10-30 BK 0 0 ddc 0 530_000000000000000_ROV 0 60996 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2017-10-30 R K Corporation 980.00 7 59 530 ROV 3010032024 2024-09-08 2024-06-27 2 980.00 2017-10-30 BK