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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli
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Explore the universe's greatest mysteries in Carlo Rovelli's bestseller, translated into 50+ languages. Naval Ravikant reads it repeatedly, while physicists praise its poetic clarity. What if understanding quantum mechanics took just 100 captivating pages? Science has never been this beautiful.

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When the Universe Revealed Its Secrets

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What if everything you thought was solid-the ground beneath your feet, the chair supporting you, even the atoms in your body-is mostly empty space, vibrating with quantum uncertainty? This isn't science fiction. It's the reality modern physics has uncovered, and it's far stranger than any myth humanity ever invented. The most revolutionary ideas in science don't just change what we know-they transform how we see ourselves. Space curves like fabric. Time flows at different speeds depending on where you stand. Particles wink in and out of existence. These aren't abstract concepts locked in textbooks; they're the actual nature of reality, and understanding them changes everything about how we experience being human in this vast, mysterious cosmos.

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Gravity Isn't a Force-It's the Shape of Reality Itself

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Welcome to the Quantum Realm, Where Nothing Makes Sense Until It Does

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From Earth-Centered Cosmos to an Expanding Web of Galaxies

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The Quantum Dance of Particles and Fields

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Where Space Becomes Granular and Time Dissolves

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The Mystery of Time's Arrow and Our Place in the Cosmos

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