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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 mind-bending overview of 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.
Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre.
How the World Works
When I was a child, my father – who was a materials scientist, and used sometimes to make gunpowder in the back garden – told me that the study of physics was simply the study of how the world...
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