The book's triumph lies not only in presenting some of the headiest stuff science has produced in so few pages, but also in giving real insight into how science treats those ideas Economist

A sensation... The new cult book Katie Law, Evening Standard

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

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

This is physics as romantic poetry and, by God, it's beguiling Michael Brooks, New Statesman

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

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

If you only ever read one book on physics, read this Rowan Coleman

Physics' literary superstar New Scientist

The physicist transforming how we see the universe Financial Times

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

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

No one should hold office unless they have read Carlo Rovelli's Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Nick Harkaway

The man behind the gigantic triumph of scientific popular writing Observer

Utterly blown away ... Science as poetry. Awe inspiring Michael Bhaskar

Wonderfully clear and vivid. Carlo Rovelli manages to convey the mystery of very large things and very small things with brilliant effect Philip Pullman

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

Rovelli stands in the omnivorous Renaissance tradition…channels The Grateful Dead, Martin Heidegger, Emile Durkheim and Marcel Proust George Eaton, New Statesman

A love letter to physics. You can't believe everyone isn't reading this, and you want to tell everyone about it Felicity Ward

There's enough food for thought here to last a lifetime Nick Rennison, Daily Mail

Carlo Rovelli has never been afraid to challenge the status quo Morgan Freeman, Science Channel

It is amazing that such a short book can dig to such satisfying depths Stephen Curry, Guardian

Sparse, elegant and most of all readable... at the end of it you feel more clever Tom Whipple, The Times

Rovelli writes with clarity and verve, vividly bringing to life concepts that can often appear incomprehensible, and inviting readers to see the world anew New Scientist

With the publication of his million-selling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli took his place with Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman as one of the great popularisers of modern theoretical physics Sam Leith, Spectator

This beautifully designed little book shows that science, with its curiosity, its intense engagement with what there really is, its readiness to jettison received ways of seeing, is a kind of poetry too Financial Times

The book to read if you know very little about modern physics but want to begin to grasp its wonder, and the potential it has to enrich our understanding of the universe and our place in it Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

A sublime read... Intriguing, captivating and magical Ivor Mason, I Newspaper

Godel, Escher, Bach… Rovelli Interview magazine

The most interesting of the year's science books Daily Telegraph

An amuse bouche for some of the ideas that are wrapped up in 20th-century astrophysics where it borders on philosophy. Millions have digested this little treat Adam Rutherford, Guardian

If you've ever wanted to understand physics better, read Carlo Rovelli's masterful book, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Fareed Zakaria

Totally gripping. . . full of thought-provoking ideas Harriet Gilbert, BBC Radio 4

The rare book about physics that can be ingested in a single sitting Alexandra Alter, New York Times

Rovelli belongs to a great Italian tradition of one-culture science writing that encompasses the Roman poet Lucretius, Galileo, Primo Levi and Italo Calvino Best science books, Independent

A breath of fresh air Nicola Davis, Observer