The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

Space, Time and Motion

Sean Carroll

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One World
10 January 2023

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Popular science; Astronomy, space & time; Physics; Classical mechanics

From a prize-winning scientist and communicator, a landmark project in popular science publishing.

To understand black holes, you need to understand general relativity, which means you need to understand tensor calculus, which means you need to understand vector calculus, not to mention the basics of algebra and geometry. So you spend years learning maths, or you skip to the good stuff but only get a watered-down version?

Not necessarily. In this new series, prize-winning physicist Sean Carroll introduces the reader to some of the most interesting ideas and cutting-edge physics – all without the maths homework. From Galileo and Euclid to Newton and Einstein, Classical Physics is the first step in a journey through the most central and relevant ideas in physics.

By: Sean Carroll
Imprint: One World
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 27mm
ISBN: 9780861542888
ISBN 10: 0861542886
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He won the Royal Society Winton Prize for his book on the search for the elusive Higgs boson, The Particle at the End of the Universe, and The Big Picture was an international bestseller. His most recent book is Something Deeply Hidden. He lives in Los Angeles. @seanmcarroll preposterousuniverse.com

Reviews for The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion

'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and straightforward manner.' -- Carlo Rovelli, author of <i>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</i> 'Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!' -- Brian Clegg, author of <i>Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World</i>