Vlad Zografi în dialog cu Cristian Tudor Popescu despre „Fundamentele lumii fizice” de Frank Wilczek

The book by the 2004 Nobel Prize laureate in physics, Frank Wilczek, is an attempt by an exceptional scientist to explain in a way that everyone can understand the research for which he is recognized and the field in which he has worked his entire career. A volume written with the aim of answering questions received over time from acquaintances who were not related to the study of physics. *** At a fundamental level, the physical world looks different than the senses and intuitions with which we manage in everyday life tell us, and to understand it we must be born a second time and learn how the universe works on a microscopic scale and on a cosmic scale, just as babies learn to walk and talk. In this adventure of unlearning and learning, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, one of the most inventive contemporary physicists, with essential contributions to deciphering the behavior of elementary particles, guides us. Seen from his intellectual height, the landscape of the physical world becomes simpler and more meaningful. Wilczek discusses ten general principles on the basis of which he explains the richness and complexity of the cosmos, presents us with a theme from different perspectives (the abundance of space and time, the small number of particles and laws, matter, energy, the evolution of the cosmos…), always faithful to the notion of complementarity, and makes predictions about future discoveries – all of this in terms perfectly accessible to the reader without scientific training. Last but not least, The Foundations of the Physical World is the book of a humanist who advocates both modesty and self-respect in our relationship to the universe. “This is a book about the fundamental lessons we can learn from studying the physical world. I have met many people who are curious about the physical world and eager to know what modern physics has to say about it. Whether they are lawyers, doctors, artists, students, teachers, parents, or just plain curious people, they are all gifted with intelligence but lacking in information. I have tried in this book to present the main theories of modern physics in a way that is as simple as possible, but without compromising rigor. I have written it with my curious friends in mind and with their questions in mind.” — FRANK WILCZEK “Wilczek writes with extraordinary simplicity and clarity, and the pleasure with which he approaches the subject is striking.” — The New York Times Book Review. Find the book in bookstores and online: https://www.libhumanitas.ro/fundament... Follow Humanitas on social media: Instagram:   / ed_humanitas   Facebook   / editura.humanitas   Youtube:    / @humanitaslansari   Podcast: Soundcloud   / humanitas-152313555   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0mdAos2... Deezer https://www.deezer.com/en/show/1886542 Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast... Google https://bit.ly/3d0ZgHx