Review

In Helgoland, Carlo Revelli tries valiantly to make the impenetrable clearer than mud

By Frank O'Shea
October 9 2021 - 12:00am
  • Helgoland, by Carlo Rovelli. Allen Lane, $39.99.

As a teenager, my heroes were not footballers or pop singers but physicists. In time, I was persuaded away from these superstars, so I welcomed the opportunity to update fusty knowledge with a modern book on quantum theory. Unfortunately, Helgoland is not it.

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