There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Rovelli, Carlo; Erica Segre and Simon Carnell [Translators]

ISBN 10: 0241454689 / ISBN 13: 9780241454688

Published by Allen Lane / Penguin Random House UK, London, 2020

About this Item

First printing of the first English edition. Signed by Carlo Rovelli directly on the title-page. Faint sticker ghost to front cover, else book in fine, as new condition. Issued without a dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 023512

Bibliographic Details

• Title: There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
• Publisher: Allen Lane / Penguin Random House UK, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241454689
• ISBN 13: 9780241454688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions
  • Philosophy
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist

'The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius for our age' Robert Fox

One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanity

In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, Carlo Rovelli follows his curiosity and invites us on a voyage through science, history, philosophy and politics.

Written with his usual clarity and wit, these pieces range widely across time and space: from Newton's alchemy to Einstein's mistakes, from Nabokov's butterflies to Dante's cosmology, from travels in Africa to the consciousness of an octopus, from mind-altering psychedelic substances to the meaning of atheism.

Charming, pithy and elegant, this book is the perfect gateway to the universe of one of the most influential scientists of our age.

About the Author

Carlo Rovelli (Author)
Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Helgoland, Reality Is Not What It Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-three languages.