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Seven brief lessons on physics (urspr publ 2014; utgåvan 2016)

av Carlo Rovelli

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The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems "One of the year's most entrancing books about science."--The Wall Street Journal "Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics."--The New York Times Book Review This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's 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. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. 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. The book celebrates the joy of discovery. "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," Rovelli writes. "And it's breathtaking."… (mer)

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Medlem:	rsutto22
Titel:	Seven brief lessons on physics
Författare:	Carlo Rovelli
Info:	New York : Penguin Audio, 2016.
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Thanks to my dear friend Jim who sent me this quick read. It's always good to be plunged into thought. Anyone who can attempt to explain what is essentially inexplicable (modern physics) deserves some accolades. To my mind the separation between my sense of reality and a universe that can only be explained by formulae is too wide to bridge. I could not understand why cold does not flow to heat in the way a wet blanket person quells the joy in room full joy. Therefore, I have trouble with the idea that time is heat. And speaking of 'ídeas', where do they come from and how can equations explain how an idea becomes a reality? My sense that physicists have lost the plot entirely is reinforced by this slim tome. (

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simonpockley | Feb 25, 2024 |

Not bad, but very high level and a bit light. (

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jvgravy | Nov 7, 2023 |

As the title suggests, a well written short review of contemporary physics. Well worth the read. (

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TomMcGreevy | Aug 31, 2023 |

Rovelli is a talented writer--or has a talented English translator, and these basic lectures on physics are engaging and the speculative content is well gauged. What isn't well-gauged is having the audiobook read by Rovelli. It takes a while to get use to his heavily accented English and his tendency to pronounce the "ed" on the end of words as a separate syllable. Still, it does give you a sense of the author's personality you would otherwise miss, and at less than two hours, you don't have to put up with it for too long. (

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datrappert | May 16, 2023 |

No more than a pamphlet - seven brief newspaper articles collected together - and thus extremely short, such that publishing it is a book is really a bit of a push. But very good for all that, and perhaps because of it. It's brevity is the real accomplishment, the quality of the writing is incidental, the lack of footnotes and sources inevitable. (

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The New York Times bestseller from the author of The Order of Time and Reality Is Not What It Seems "One of the year's most entrancing books about science."--The Wall Street Journal "Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics."--The New York Times Book Review This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's 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. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. 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. The book celebrates the joy of discovery. "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," Rovelli writes. "And it's breathtaking."

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