The theoretical physicist untangles seven topics in a short book that works best when it doesn’t delve too deepWhen I was a kid,my mother would sneak brussels sprouts on to my plate. I hated those disgusting little orbs of bitterness – but Mother was wily. “It’s only a small one,” she’d say, or as though diminutive size suddenly rendered the unpalatable acceptable.
I suspect Carlo Rovelli would gain on well with my mother. He too is attempting to woo a tough crowd with a portion of something they find tough to swallow: physics. And he’s opting for a similar approach,issuing what JD Salinger would no doubt term a “pretty skimpy-looking book”, just 78 pages long, and no doubt hoping his delicate touch will stir up a taste for the subject.
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Source: theguardian.com