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 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. Not since Richard Feynman`s celebrated Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.

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 US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is an international bestseller translated into forty-one languages.