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Carlo Rovelli
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Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer whose work spans quantum gravity, the philosophy of science, and popular science.
Biography
Carlo Rovelli, born in 1956, is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer who has worked in Italy, the United States, France, and Canada. His research focuses mainly on quantum gravity, and he is a founder of loop quantum gravity. His work also encompasses the history and philosophy of science, relational quantum mechanics, and the notion of thermal time.
Rovelli is Emeritus Professor at the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille and a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute. He is also a core member of Western University's Rotman Institute of Philosophy and a Fractal Faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. Alongside his academic work, he contributes to Italian newspapers and writes popular science books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, first published in Italian in 2014.
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Books by Carlo Rovelli
L'ordine del tempo
L'ordine del tempo explores the nature of time through questions about why people remember the past rather than the future, what time's flow means, and how human existence relates to time.