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On the Equality of All Things

Lessons on Physics and Philosophy

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By: Carlo Rovelli
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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A radical new vision of reality from one of the great minds of our time, mapping a watershed moment in both physics and philosophy.

“Carlo Rovelli is the best thinker out there articulating physics, philosophy, and literature. There simply are no scientists of his caliber who also are humanists of the first order. His prose has the enviable ability to expand the realm of the utterable and, with it, the reach of our intellectual experience.” —Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Trust

We are living in an age of scientific advancement on par with that of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton: a period of discovery that has so fundamentally revolutionized our understanding of the world that it has shaken our most basic assumptions about who we are and our relationship to all things. In On the Equality of All Things, Carlo Rovelli turns his attention to this reckoning, bringing expertise and clarity to both the most mind-bending theories of modern physics and the most fundamental questions imaginable about the nature of time and existence.

Drawing from the latest advances in science and the teachings of modern and ancient philosophers, Rovelli invites us into the universe we thought we knew—one that is not made of things but of relationships. Time is a string of events, and there is no present time in the universe. Cause and effect are an illusion, and reality is an intricate and fragile web. And knowledge itself will always be imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

This is an awe-inspiring meditation on science, meaning, and being that charts the strange majesty of the world we’ve always lived in—from a thinker unafraid to challenge not only centuries of philosophers but our own intuitions about the nature of reality and what organizes it. Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology History & Philosophy Philosophy Physics Science
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The previous reviewer's comments on footnotes detracting from the narrative are fair, but miss the brilliance of combining an accessible exploration of some of the most intimidating subjects in modern physics with spring-boards for further reading/exploration of necessarily briefly described concepts. It is clear that Carlo is weaving the theories and philosophies of both contemporary students and academics with practical insights born from life's everyday experiences and some of the deepest knowledge from traditions and approaches often neglected in Western education. The results are a rich, filling, energizing, and revitalizing meal - sparking new insights and ideas in the delightful way that, for me, Carlo's storytelling always seems to do. Bravo! Encore!

A Masterclass in Big Picture/Conceptual Thinking

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The way this book is narrated is absurd. The narrative is constantly interrupted with footnotes. Exceptionally annoying.

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