Book
Seven brief lessons on physics / Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399184414
- ISBN: 9780399184413
- Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in Italian as: Sette brevi lezioni di fisica. Includes index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.00 |
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| Subject: | Physics. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 530 Rov | 31681020055679 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the United States and currently directs the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille, France. His books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, are international bestsellers that have been translated into more than fifty languages.
Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory. Rovelli lives in Marseille, France.
