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Mar 2023
52m 12s

Carlo Rovelli with Nihal Arthanayake

PENGUIN BOOKS UK
About this episode

This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal is joined by writer, science populariser and theoretical, Carlo Rovelli.


He joins us to talk about the new English translation of his first book, Anaximander.


They all also discuss the singular genius of the philosophers of the past, the importance of questioning our reality, the significance of a typewriter in his writing career, and his admiration for the theoretical physicist John Wheeler. 


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