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CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
CaNSH |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Modifying agency |
CaOW |
LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
ita |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
QC24.5 |
Item number |
.R68513 2016 |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
QC24.5 |
Item number |
.R68313 2016 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
530 |
Edition number |
23 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
530 ROV |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780399184413 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0399184414 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780399184413 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780399184413 (hc.) |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0399184414 (hc.) |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0399184414 |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Rovelli, Carlo, |
UNIFORM TITLE |
Uniform title |
Sette brevi lezioni di fisica. |
Language of a work |
English |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Seven brief lessons on physics / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Carlo Rovelli ; translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre. |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First American edition. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Riverhead Books, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2016. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
86 pages : |
Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
Dimensions |
20 cm |
GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Translation from the Italian of: Sette brevi lezioni di fisica. |
GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Includes index. |
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
The most beautiful of theories -- Quanta -- The architecture of the cosmos -- Particles -- Grains of space -- Probability, time, and the heat of black holes -- Ourselves. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
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. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Physics. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Quantum theory. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Relativity (Physics) |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cosmology. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science |
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Segre, Erica. |
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Carnell, Simon, |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |