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Carlo Rovelli in Conversation – Hong Kong International Literary Festival – PAID SEMINAR

Tickets available on https://tinyurl.com/y34hp8b4 

 

The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong International Literary Festival present “Carlo Rovelli in Conversation”.

Live event at JC Cube, Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts (price per ticket: 100 HKD) / This event is also available online (price per ticket: 50 HKD)

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Returning to our Future Perfect theme with one of the most inspiring and counter-intuitive thinkers of our age, Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. In his new essay collection, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World, Carlo Rovelli follows his curiosity and invites us on a voyage through science, history, philosophy, and politics. Tonight he speaks with journalist, author and psychotherapist, Kate Whitehead, about topics ranging from Nabokov’s butterflies to Dante’s cosmology, from travels in Africa to the consciousness of an octopus, from mind-altering psychedelic substances to the meaning of atheism. Come prepared with questions for one of the most influential scientists of our age. In ENGLISH, and available 24 hours later with CHINESE subtitles.

 

ABOUT CARLO ROVELLI:

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality is Not What it Seems and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into 43 languages and have sold more than 2m copies worldwide. Rovelli is currently working in Canada and also directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille, France.

 

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL:

The 20th anniversary edition of Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) will go ahead this year as a hybrid festival of live and online events.

From 5th–15th November HKILF will present more than 70 events featuring writers and speakers from around the world. The flexible format means people can join no matter what the COVID-19 situation is in November.

HKILF is planning live events with local authors where it will be possible for audiences to enjoy the live festival atmosphere, HKILF is also offering a fantastic virtual line-up that people can watch at home with their family, friends or book club.

HKILF 20th edition theme ‘Present Tense/Future Perfect’ explores in fiction and non – fiction how the world is responding to issues such as health, inequality and climate change, as well as possible future directions for humanity and the planet.

Visit https://www.festival.org.hk/2020-events/ for more details.

 

  • Organized by: The Hong Kong International Literary Festival
  • In collaboration with: Italian Cultural Institute, ITALIA MIA Festival