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==Political engagement, pacifism and controversies==
Rovelli's first book is on the Italian student political movements in the 1970s.<ref>''Bologna, marzo 1977 ...fatti nostri...'', Bertani, 1978</ref> He later refused to compulsory military draft and was briefly detained.
In 2021, he coordinated the [[Global Peace Dividend]], an open letter signed by more that 50 Nobel Laureates, including the Dalai Lama, calling for all countries to negotiate a balanced cut on their military spending by 2% a year for the next five years, and put half the saved money in a UN fund to combat pandemics, the climate crisis, and extreme poverty.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/14/nobel-laureates-cut-military-spending-worldwide-un-peace-dividend "‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide"], The Guardian 14-12-2-2021, 2017. Retrieved 1-6-2023</ref> On May first 2023, Rovelli gave a political speech at the large Italian Labour Day concert in Rome, inviting the youth to engage politically for the environment, economical equality and peace, and criticizing the Italian Defence Minister [[Guido Crosetto]] for his direct involvement with the industrial military complex. The speech raised a large controversy.<ref>[https://www.corriere.it/politica/23_maggio_03/rovelli-primo-maggio-crosetto-67b52026-e923-11ed-ab1b-11aa9107d7a1.shtml "Rovelli: «Al Primo Maggio ho detto quello che pensavo: non sono filorusso, ma questo governo fa scelte bellicose»"], Corriere della Sera 23-5-2023, 2017. Retrieved 1-6-2023</ref> As a consequence, his invitation to represent Italy at the 2024 [[Frankfurt Book Fair]] was cancelled; the cancellation itself was widely criticized, leading to his re-invitation,<ref>[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/23_maggio_14/caso-rovelli-retromarcia-levi-fisico-sara-fiera-francoforte-87c0d9fe-f211-11ed-a4b3-4ddf09c7299d.shtml "Caso Rovelli, la retromarcia di Levi: il fisico sarà alla Fiera di Francoforte", Corriere della Sera, 23-3-2023.]</ref> and the resignation of the Italian Commissary for the Buchmesse.<ref>[https://www.ilmessaggero.it/politica/ricardo_franco_levi_figlio_dimissioni_ministro_sangiuliano_rovelli_fiera_francoforte-7425470.html "Ricardo Franco Levi, lettera di dimissioni a Sangiuliano dopo il caso Rovelli e le polemiche sul figlio"], Il Messaggero 26-5-2023, 2017. Retrieved 1-6-2023</ref>
==Main awards==
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