“I believe that this example demonstrates how great science and great poetry are both visionary, and may even arrive at the same intuitions. Our culture is foolish to keep science and poetry separated: they are two tools to open our… — 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… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“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… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“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
