Carlo Rovelli e la cattiva coscienza dei fisici: «Siamo sull'orlo di una guerra terribile: non se...

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli discusses his new book, "The Bad Conscience of Physicists," inspired by the success of the video series on the atomic bomb published on CorriereTV. Watch the video on Corriere: https://video.corriere.it/carlo-rovel... "There are enough atomic bombs to burn humanity alive, and we're arguing about them." Theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli's reflections on nuclear energy and the bad conscience of the physicists who created the atomic bomb, after being a successful video series on CorriereTV, have now been adapted into a book. From Enrico Fermi's "mistake," to the Manhattan Project, to the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to the Russian atomic bomb, to the balance of terror, to the Chinese bomb, to nuclear warheads in Italy, to today's great fear, where the nuclear threat is evoked by too many powerful people. Why are we on the brink of nuclear war? Who is responsible? Why do wars almost always arise from misunderstandings? Do we need moralism or rationality to escape this situation? Why must we stop viewing others as enemies and understand that we are all merely citizens of the same world? Is there an adult in the driving seat? There are many questions and attempts at answers in this book, more useful today than ever to avoid repeating the errors (and horrors) of the past and instead to awaken everyone's conscience, to help guide the choices we can and must make every day as individuals, as citizens, and as a country to build a present free from the risk of nuclear catastrophe. Carlo Rovelli, a true scientist, addresses these highly topical themes and thoughts without prejudice or dogma about what is good or evil, but with the clarity that scientific thought can provide, driven by the firm and profound conviction "that the common good will come when we manage to avoid wars, not win them. Because avoiding wars and finding a way to coexist without shooting each other is the most rational and beneficial choice for everyone." ​Above the full video interview​ - The book. Carlo Rovelli, the ​bad conscience of physicists, Solferino 2026​