"A university student attending lectures on general relativity i the morning and others on quantum mechanics in the afternoon might be forgiven for thi...

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What are we, in this boundless and glowing world?

More Carlo Rovelli quotes
"Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and beauty of the world. And it’s breathtaking.
"Life on Earth gives only a small taste of what can happen in the universe.
"What does what we know or don't know have to do with the laws that govern the world?
"When Einstein died, his greatest rival, Bohr, found for him words of moving admiration. When a few years later Bohr in turn died, someone took a photo...
"It is hardly surprising that there are more things in heaven and earth, dear reader, than have been dreamed of in our philosophy - or in our physics.