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A review by nadia
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.75
I went into this with super high expectations. And it was a good, enlightening read. I think I was just expecting more revelatory experiences, that suddenly made things I already knew super clear (disclaimer: I studied Physics until just before university/college, and wanted to have a degree in Engineering for a time, so not a complete newbie here).
Instead, I was still left a bit uncertain with the explanations and piecing it all together in my head...and often Rovelli would say things along the lines of: Sounds confusing or contradictory? Well, that's how physicists feel!
I think this book is perfect if you know nothing/hardly anything about Physics, find it intimidating, and want to have some idea of the questions it seeks to answer, what's already been figured out, and what's still being worked on. I still think this book is a little hard to follow, but it definitely explains most things in straightforward, accessible ways, assuming no prior knowledge.
Instead, I was still left a bit uncertain with the explanations and piecing it all together in my head...and often Rovelli would say things along the lines of: Sounds confusing or contradictory? Well, that's how physicists feel!
I think this book is perfect if you know nothing/hardly anything about Physics, find it intimidating, and want to have some idea of the questions it seeks to answer, what's already been figured out, and what's still being worked on. I still think this book is a little hard to follow, but it definitely explains most things in straightforward, accessible ways, assuming no prior knowledge.