Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli is a pioneer of theories like Loop Quantum Gravity, White Holes, and the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics. His books include Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, which has been translated into 41 languages and sold over a million copies, as well as the bestselling Reality Is Not What It Seems (2015) and White Holes (2023). He was named one of the 100 most influential thinkers in the world by Foreign Policy magazine, and is Emeritus Professor at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Marseille. 

In this live interview, Rovelli will confront the challenges that face the attempt to describe the cosmos as a whole. Does the fact that we can never attain an external perspective on the universe provide a barrier to describing it? And while Rovelli tries to go beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, seeking a unified theory of gravity and quantum mechanics which explains how the largest and smallest scales of physics work, might this quest for unification miss the fundamental plurality of reality? Join us as we probe the limits of observation and knowledge with a scientist at the leading edge of fundamental physics.