Rovelli’s thesis is simple and radical: space, time, and matter are not fixed backdrops but relationships woven by interactions.

In seven crisp essays he shows how Einstein turns gravity into the geometry of curved spacetime; how quanta make nature probabilistic; how particles and fields compose the Standard Model; and how the universe ignited hot and simple yet grew complex.

He explains how thermodynamics reframes time as entropy’s arrow, not a universal clock. Rovelli sketches loop quantum gravity, where space comes in discrete grains and reality is a network, not stuff. His tone is lyrical but precise, giving you intuition without equations.

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics resets your mental map of reality, sharpens how you read scientific claims, and rekindles that rare mix of awe and scepticism that makes learning addictive.