Carlo Rovelli: Theory

Carlo Rovelli is Italian physicist. Explore interesting quotes on theory.
Carlo Rovelli: 42   quotes 1   like

“If we formulate the fundamental theory of nature in a timeless language, we have then the problem of recovering the familiar notion of time.”

Carlo Rovelli

"Forget time" (Aug, 2008)

Time , Nature , Problem

“General relativity has changed our understanding of space and time. ...The spacetime of general relativity ...is likely to be just a classical approximation that loses its meaning in the quantum theory, for the same reason the trajectory of a particle does.”

Carlo Rovelli

"Forget time" (Aug, 2008)

Change , Time , Understanding

“I... interpret mechanics as a theory of relations between variables, rather than the theory of the evolution of variables in time.”

Carlo Rovelli

"Forget time" (Aug, 2008)

Time

“[I]n a fundamental description of nature we must "forget time"... this can be done in the classical and in the quantum theory.”

Carlo Rovelli

"Forget time" (Aug, 2008)

Time , Forgetting , Nature