Carlo Rovelli: How Quantum Mechanics Saved Us, Lenin & Bogdanov on Quantum Theory

We speak to Carlo Rovelli, author of ‘Helgoland’ and award-winning theoretical physicist. He discusses his concerns for pseudoscience among Western European nations and the US regarding coronavirus vaccines, Werner Heisenberg’s discovery and development of quantum theory, how quantum mechanics revolutionised our understanding of physics, Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin’s thoughts on quantum theory and discussions with Alexander Bogdanov, the development of the nuclear bomb following the development of quantum mechanics, how millions have been saved by quantum theory and much more!