Theory Quotes by Carlo Rovelli

“It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time by itself apart from the movement of things. LUCRETIUS, De rerum natura1”

— Carlo Rovelli

“The world of quantum mechanics is not a world of objects: it is a world of events.”

— Carlo Rovelli

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“Space is a spin network whose nodes represent its elementary grains, and whose links describe their proximity relations. Spacetime”

— Carlo Rovelli

“Every cubic centimeter of space, and every second that passes, is the result of this dancing foam of extremely small quanta.”

— Carlo Rovelli

“Space is created by the interaction of individual quanta of gravity.”

— Carlo Rovelli

“The quanta of gravity, that is, are not in space; they are themselves space. The”

— Carlo Rovelli

Don't trust your teachers.

— Carlo Rovelli

“It is characteristic of genius to be aware of the limitations of its own findings”

— Carlo Rovelli

“Scientific thinking explores and redraws the world, gradually offering us better and better images of it, teaching us to think in ever more effective…

— Carlo Rovelli

“Clues put us on the right path toward a correct theory. Strong evidence is that which subsequently allows us to trust whether the theory…

— Carlo Rovelli