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New Carlo Rovelli book challenges science's understanding of reality and the universe

Adam Frank

In his latest book, the world-renowned physicist draws on science and philosophy to explore the notion that the university and reality are fully knowable.

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In 'White Holes,' Carlo Rovelli takes readers beyond the black hole horizon

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Physicist Carlo Rovelli is unique among modern scientists who write for popular audiences in his ability to capture the purest essence of his science with both precision and lyricism.

<em>A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars,</em> by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz

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From Poverty To Stanford, Memoir Tells A Physicist's Remarkable Tale

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A Quantum Life is an important book to help understand the institutional hurdles that have kept science mostly white and male — and how the fire of inquiry can take root in a heart and lift it up.

<em>Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution,</em> by Carlo Rovelli

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'Helgoland' Offers A New Way To Understand The World, And Our Place In It

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Carlo Rovelli writes that quantum mechanics tells us reality is a net of interactions where there are no things, only relationships; nothing has properties until it interacts with something else.

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, John Green

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Author John Green Explores How To Live In Uncertainty In 'The Anthropocene Reviewed'

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The author of best-seller The Fault In Our Stars uses humor, wisdom and a keen sense of connections to offer guidance — as he reviews how humans are reshaping Earth.

<em>Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,</em> by Elizabeth Kolbert

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'Under A White Sky' Examines What It Might Take For Humans To Continue To Exist

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Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, balanced nature — and how far we must go to find a new balance for the planet's future, one that still includes us.

<em>Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation,</em> by Reid Mitenbuler

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'Wild Minds' Traces The Origins Of Animation — From Blackton And McCay To Disney

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Author Reid Mitenbuler's real target is a quintessentially American story of daring ambition, personal re-invention, and the eternal tug-of-war of between art and business.