Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a very good thing Carlo Rovelli did not get eaten by a bear in 1976—though even he admits it would have been his own fault.

It doesn't take a degree in astrophysics or expertise on Albert Einstein to appreciate “White Holes,” theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli's latest book. But brushing up on Dante Alighieri's work might ...

Carlo Rovelli, trans. from the Italian by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre. Riverhead, $18.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-399-18441-3 This enchanting book from Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, looks at ...

What if the mysterious substance holding galaxies together is made of leftovers from a universe that existed before our own?

THE ORDER OF TIME. By Carlo Rovelli, translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell. Riverhead. 240 pages. $20. No one writes about the cosmos like theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. He may not be as ...

Horizons are weird. They delimit what we can see in the distance, but they are also always personal: Walk 10 miles to the west and your horizon line moves 10 miles to the west with you. Remarkably, ...

Imagine you sit down and pick up your favorite book. You look at the image on the front cover, run your fingers across the smooth book sleeve, and smell that familiar book smell as you flick through ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Anil Ananthaswamy HELGOLAND Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution By Carlo Rovelli Translated by ...

It doesn’t take a degree in astrophysics or expertise on Albert Einstein to appreciate “White Holes,” theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli’s latest book. But brushing up on Dante Alighieri’s work might ...

Physicist Carlo Rovelli is unique among modern scientists who write for popular audiences in his ability to capture the purest essence of his... Horizons are weird. They delimit what we can see in the ...