Everything you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven enlightening lessons
'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 lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this beautiful and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli 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. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated best-seller Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.
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Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université and an affiliated professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory. Rovelli lives in Marseille, France.
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十万年前,或许正是出于这种好奇心,我们这个物种从非洲出发,学着眺望远方。夜晚,我在飞越非洲大陆时浮想联翩,假如在我们这些遥远的祖先中,有一个站立起来,朝着北方的旷野行进,他仰头看天时,会不会想到在遥远的未来,他的一个子孙正在这片天空中飞行,思考着事物的本质,而起因正是与他一样的好奇心。
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