Carlo Rovelli: Space to time, time to space

The meeting springs from the idea of stimulating a dialogue between different fields of knowledge, and different points of view on concepts and knowledge associated with space and time

The discussion will deal with what we know from the point of view of the physicist who studies universal gravity, where the absoluteness of time dissolves into a relativism that binds it to the observer; the dimensions of space and time merge into a single space-time dimension.

On the other hand, the economist analyses financial fluxes and macroeconomic processes, and notes that the dimensions of space and time can even be inappropriate for defining local and global phenomena, in a world without a break and borders.

• Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer who has worked in Italy, the United States and France. Carlo Rovelli has authored more than 200 scientific articles published in leading international journals. He has published two monographs on loop quantum gravity and several popular science books. His book libro "Sette brevi lezioni di fisica" ("Seven Short Physics Lessons") has been translated into 41 languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. His recent book "L'ordine del tempo"  ("The Order of Time") was the best-selling essay in Italy in 2017.
• ​Paolo Collini, Dean of the University of Trento since 1 April 2015. He is full professor of Business Economics at the Department of Economics and Management.
• Giorgio Vallortigara is full professor of Neuroscience at the Centre for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC) of the University of Trento, of which he was Dean from 2012 to 2015. He is vice Dean for Research at the University of Trento.

Moderator:

• Lorenzo Pavesi, Director of the Department of Physics of the University of Trento.