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

Informationen zum Autor Carlo Rovelli is an internationally acclaimed writer whose books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics , The Order of Time , Helgoland and White Holes , have been number one bestsellers around the world and translated into over forty languages. As a theoretical physicist, he has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time and he is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Carlo Rovelli, Rovelli Carlo
• Assisted by: Simon Carnell (Translation), Carnell Simon (Translation), Erica Segre (Translation), Segre Erica (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 26.02.2026
• EAN: 9780141993256
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199325-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; NATURE / Essays, popular science, SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, natural history, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, History of Science, Popular philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Literature: history and criticism, The Earth: natural history: general interest