85 Seconds to Midnight

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3 ediciones

85 Seconds to Midnight

Editorial: allen_lane

ISBN: 978-18-3731-557-4

ISBN sin guiones: 9781837315574

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 112

Fecha de publicación: 2026-06-23

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

85 Seconds to Midnight

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-18-3731-558-1

ISBN sin guiones: 9781837315581

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 112

Fecha de publicación: 2026-06-23

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

85 Seconds to Midnight

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-18-3731-561-1

ISBN sin guiones: 9781837315611

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 106

Fecha de publicación: 2026-06-23

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

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85 Seconds to Midnight

Carlo Rovelli

Primera publicación: 2026-06-23

'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, end point of the current politics of the governments we have elected: nuclear war.' The world is re-arming and embroiled in endless conflict. The Doomsday Clock has now been set to 85 seconds to midnight, with the risk of nuclear war the highest it has ever been. Why do we always fail to learn from the past? In this urgent book, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli reframes the history of nuclear weapons: from how the atomic bomb was born to why Germany didn't build it and why the US used it, to the narrowly averted disasters of the Cold War and the political brinkmanship careering out of control today. As he grapples with the legacy of his scientific forebears, Rovelli spotlights the true nature of the decisions being made by leaders around the world today. A timely and ardent warning, this searing reckoning with short-sighted politics is essential reading for anyone seeking sanity at our moment of greatest peril.