There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Carlo Rovelli

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
7 February 2023
Pages
288
ISBN
9780141993256

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Carlo Rovelli

One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanity

One of our most beloved scientists, a fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, he follows his curiosity and invites us on a voyage through science, literature, philosophy and politics.

Written with his usual clarity and wit, these pieces, most of which were first published in Italian newspapers, range widely across time and space- from Newton’s alchemy to Einstein’s mistakes, from Nabokov’s butterflies to Dante’s cosmology, from travels in Africa to the consciousness of an octopus, from mind-altering psychedelic substances to the meaning of atheism. Charming, pithy and elegant, this book is the perfect gateway to the universe of one of the most influential physicists of our age.

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