LEADER 00000nam 2200517 i 4500 005 20180628162741.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---uuuuu 008 160325r20162015nyua o 001 0 eng d 020 9780399184437 :|c$54.00 020 0399184430 :|c$54.00 035 (OCoLC)958062620|z(OCoLC)945658030 037 0017242665|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng|hita 069 07416046 082 04 530 082 04 530|223 099 eBook Boundless 100 1 Rovelli, Carlo,|d1956-|eauthor. 240 10 Articles.|kSelections.|lEnglish 245 10 Seven brief lessons on physics /|cby Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 264 1 New York :|bRiverhead Books,|c2016. 300 1 online resource (86 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 500 Includes index. 505 2 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 startling and illustrative distillation of centuries of science."—The Economist "Lean, lucid and enchanting."—New Scientist The international bestseller that reveals all the beauty of modern physics in seven short and enlightening lessons Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is a book about the joy of discovery. Carlo Rovelli brings a playful, entertaining, and mind- bending introduction to modern physics, offering surprising—and surprisingly easy to grasp& #8212;explanations of general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. "Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ... 520 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. 538 Requires Boundless App. 588 Description based on print version record. 650 0 Physics. 650 0 Physics|vPopular works. 650 7 Physics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01063025 655 0 Downloadable e-Books. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Popular works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423846 700 1 Carnell, Simon,|d1962-|etranslator. 700 1 Segre, Erica,|etranslator. 776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aRovelli, Carlo, 1956-|tSeven brief lessons on physics|d[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015 |z9780241235966 776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aRovelli, Carlo, 1956-|tSeven brief lessons on physics|dNew York : Riverhead Books, 2016|z9780399184413|w(NjBwBT)bl2016001513 |w(OCoLC)910980518 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0017242665|zFound on Boundless