Carlo Rovelli
Explore Wiseley summaries of books credited to Carlo Rovelli.
Reality Is Not What It Seems
Carlo Rovelli’s account of modern physics asks what remains of reality when atoms, space, time, and objects no longer behave as everyday intuition expects. Following the path from ancient atomism through relativity and quantum theory to quantum gravity, it shows how provisional models, relations, and uncertainty change what it means to understand the world.
8 chapters
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
An accessible tour of how modern physics unsettles ordinary ideas about space, time, matter, and the self. It asks what reality means when spacetime curves, quantum behavior is probabilistic, and time’s direction arises from heat and probability, then considers how consciousness, value, and curiosity fit within nature.
6 chapters
The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli asks what time is when relativity removes a universal clock, thermodynamics gives the past a direction, and quantum theory replaces smooth continuity with relations and events. The book follows these changes into memory, causality, identity, and the felt present, showing how familiar time can emerge without being fundamental.
6 chapters