Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

There's a book I've been carrying around like a small Bible, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Benedict Cumberbatch)

Honestly I cannot recommend it too strongly... one of the fastest selling science titles of all time because it is so clear (Jeremy Vine BBC Radio 2)

The man who makes physics sexy... the new Hawking... His writing is luminous. By the time I had finished reading I was in serious awe of the author (David Aaronovitch The Times)

The perfect antidote to the fluff and nonsense around right now. Learn how the world is and how you might just fit in (Simon Mayo Daily Mirror)

The most fun physicist to be with -- as well as the greatest explainer of physics (Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times)

A global superstar... Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation (Channel 4 News)

Surely Rovelli deserves the title 'world's most inspiring physics teacher' (Daily Telegraph)

The physicist transforming how we see the universe (Financial Times)

A sensation... the new cult book (Katie Law Evening Standard)

Absolutely fascinating... explains the entire universe in 79 pages (Steve Wright BBC Radio 2)

Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory. Rovelli lives in Marseille, France.