“There are absolute masterpieces that move us intensely: Mozart's Requiem, Homer's Odyssey, the Sistine Chapel, King Lear. To fully appreciate their brilliance may require a long apprenticeship, but the reward is sheer beauty--and not only this, but the opening of… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time by itself apart from the movement of things. LUCRETIUS, De rerum natura1” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The world of quantum mechanics is not a world of objects: it is a world of events.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“the particles are quanta of quantum fields; light is formed by quanta of a field; space is nothing more than a field, which is… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The difference between past and future exists only when there is heat. The fundamental phenomenon that distinguishes the future from the past is the… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us to a planet without countries, without wars, without patriotism, without religions, without poverty, where we will be able to share the world. Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this, but… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share
“There is a feeling of deep universalism, in the wake of the splendid words of Democritus: “To a wise man, the whole earth is… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are always ready to improve our knowledge. Therefore a good scientist is never ‘certain’. Lack of certainty is precisely what makes conclusions more reliable than the conclusions of those who are certain: because the good scientist… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share
“Space is a spin network whose nodes represent its elementary grains, and whose links describe their proximity relations. Spacetime” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“Every cubic centimeter of space, and every second that passes, is the result of this dancing foam of extremely small quanta.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“Space is created by the interaction of individual quanta of gravity.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The quanta of gravity, that is, are not in space; they are themselves space. The” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
