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“Il lavoro migliore di una vita di ricerca puņ saltare fuori per caso: lo si incontra su una strada percorsa per andare da un’altra parte.”“Le idee spesso sono come un boomerang: partono in una direzione ma poi vanno a finire altrove. Se si ottengono risultati interessanti e insoliti, le applicazioni possono apparire in campi assolutamente imprevisti.” Realtą sperimentali che sembrano sfuggire a ogni legge, ricerche che portano a scoperte che sorprendono lo stesso ricercatore, il lampeggiare dell’intuizione fisica e matematica: č il mondo indagato da pił di cinquant’anni da Giorgio Parisi, vincitore nel 2021 del premio Nobel. Dall’ingresso, nel 1966, all’istituto di Fisica di Roma (dal retro, perché gli studenti dei primi due anni non potevano passare dalla porta principale) al Nobel sfiorato gią all’etą di venticinque anni, dagli studi pionieristici sulle particelle all’interesse per fenomeni enigmatici come le trasformazioni di stato, i “vetri di spin” e il volo degli storni, dalle riflessioni su come nascono le idee a quelle sul senso della scienza nella nostra societą, questo libro č un viaggio nella mente geniale di un fisico che ha cercato le regole dei sistemi complessi, perché quelli semplici gli sono sempre sembrati un po’ troppo noiosi.
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