Carlo Rovelli: Difference between revisions

| workplaces = {{ubl|[[University of Pittsburgh]]|[[Aix-Marseille University]]|[[Sapienza University of Rome]]|[[Syracuse University]]|[[Yale University]]|[[Perimeter Institute]]|[[University of Western Ontario|Western University]]|[[Santa Fe Institute]]}}

| awards = {{ubl|PrixLewis duThomas Rayonnement InternationalPrize (2024)|(2004)|1995 International Xanthopoulos Award (1995)}}

'''Carlo Rovelli''' (born 3 May 1956) is an Italian [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and writer who has worked in Italy, the United States and, since 2000France, inand FranceCanada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~rovelli/vita.pdf |title=Resume |website=www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr }}</ref> He is also currently Emeritus Professor at the Centre de Physique Theorique of Marseille in France, a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the [[Perimeter Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://perimeterinstitute.ca/people/carlo-rovelli |title=Facultypage |website=www.perimeterinstitute.ca}}</ref> and core member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy of [[University of Western Ontario|Western University]]. in Canada,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/rotman-members/faculty/ |title=Faculty |website=www.rotman.uwo.ca}}</ref> and Fractal Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute in The United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://santafe.edu/people/profile/carlo-rovelli |title=Fractal faculty |website=www.santafe.edu/people/profile/carlo-rovelli}}</ref>

Rovelli works mainly in the field of [[quantum gravity]] and is a founder of the theory of [[loop quantum gravity]] theory. He has also worked in the [[history of science|history]] and [[philosophy of science]], formulating the Relational [[Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics]] and the notion of [[Thermal Time]]. He collaborates with several Italian newspapers, including the cultural supplements of the ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'', ''[[Il Sole 24 Ore]]'', and ''[[La Repubblica]]''. His [[popular science]] book, ''[[Seven Brief Lessons on Physics]]'', was originally published in Italian in 2014. It has been translated into 41 languages,<ref>[[List of literary works by number of translations]]</ref> and has sold over a million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/25/carlo-rovelli-i-felt-the-beautiful-adventure-of-physics-was-a-story-that-had-to-be-told|title=Carlo Rovelli: 'I felt the beautiful adventure of physics was a story that had to be told'|author=Carlo Rovelli|website=The Guardian|date=2017-07-25|access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref> In 2019, he was included by ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine in athe list of the 100 most influential global thinkers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019-global-thinkers/|title=2019 Global Thinkers|work=Foreign Policy|date=2019-01-12}}</ref> In 2021, he was included by ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'' magazine in the list of the 50 world's top thinkers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/37755/the-worlds-top-50-thinkers-2021 |title=The world's top 50 thinkers 2021|work=Prospect Magazine|date=2021-07-13}}</ref>

[[File:CARLO ROVELLI.jpg|thumb|Carlo Rovelli, in Rome 2015]]

</ref> That same tearyear, he was one of the signatories of the International Peace Conference manifesto, which accuses the West (e.g. the United States, the European Union, and NATO) of attacking "Russia with the clear goal to destroy it as a sovereign state". The manifesto goes on to trace this Western aggression as the driving force behind the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>[{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Adesioni personali |url=https://internationalpeaceconference.info/it/adesioni-personali/ "Adesioni|access-date=2024-03-24 personali"]|website=International Initiative for Peace |language=it}}</ref>