- Published: 5 November 2020
- ISBN: 9780241467374
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
- Published: 5 November 2020
- ISBN: 9780241467374
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
Superb. Rovelli's journalism is an expression of the scientific desire to know and understand the world. Beautifully translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important than Kindness continues a tradition of jargon-free popular scientific writing from Galileo to Darwin that disappeared in the academic specialization of the last century
Ian Thomson, Evening Standard
With the publication of his million-selling book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Rovelli took his place with Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman as one of the great popularisers of modern theoretical physics
Sam Leith, Spectator
Modern physics has found its poet. . . Rovelli is a wonderfully humane, gentle and witty guide for he is as much philosopher and poet as he is a scientist
John Banville, Irish Times
The most fun physicist to be with -- as well as the greatest explainer of physics
Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
The man who makes physics sexy. . . the new Hawking. . . His writing is luminous. By the time I had finished reading Seven Brief Lessons on Physics I was in serious awe of the author
David Aaronovitch, The Times
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius for our age
Robert Fox
A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read. . . showcases the light and shade of Rovelli's writing, and the passion for knowledge and curiosity that make him such an engaging writer . . . We need more Rovellis
Richard Webb, New Scientist
Rovelli is a brilliant and lucid teacher who uses his understanding of theoretical physics and the quantum world to talk about the complexity of our everyday reality
Russell Brand