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There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World
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Published May 10, 2022
What you'll learn
Carlo Rovelli is an internationally beloved rockstar of theoretical physics, but he has thoughts on subjects other than loop quantum gravity theory. In this collection of essays, Rovelli mulls over life, culture, philosophy, politics, and obscure-but-entertaining bits of history and biography. All the essays come together to form a vision of the kind of world Rovelli wishes for humanity: one defined by tolerance and kindness.
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- • What you'll learn
- 1 Aristotle’s science gets a bad rap it doesn’t deserve.
- 2 There is no such thing as absolute certainty—and that’s okay.
- 3 Inspiration does not really come “out of nowhere.”
- 4 A nation’s version of history is patently absurd—to everyone except the people who live there.
- 5 Anyone who persuades Einstein and a pope to his way of seeing things has something important to teach the rest of us, too.
- 6 Epidemics are bracing reminders that life is short, and we should find beauty where we can.
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