Contents

1. Preface
2. Aristotle the Scientist
   Corriere della Sera, 19 October 2015
3. Lolita and the Blue Icarus
   Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 8 February 2015
4. Newton the Alchemist
   La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 19 March 2017
5. Copernicus and Bologna
   Domenica, Sole 24 Ore,19 June 2015
6. My 1977, and That of My Friends
   Corriere della Sera, 15 February 2017
7. Literature and Science: A Continuing Dialogue
   Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 30 March 2012
8. Dante, Einstein and the Three-Sphere
   Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 17 October 2010
9. Between Certainty and Uncertainty: A Precious Intermediate Space
   Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 20 January 2013
10. Bruno de Finetti: Uncertainty is Not Our Enemy
    Corriere della Sera, 7 November 2016
11. Does Science Need Philosophy?
    Corriere della Sera, 30 August 2016
12. The Mind of an Octopus
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 29 September 2017
13. Ideas Don’t Fall from the Sky
    La Repubblica, 20 July 2014
14. The Many Errors of Einstein
    La Repubblica, 11 April 2015
15. Some Think, O King Hiero, That the Grains of Sand Cannot be Counted
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 1 April 2012
16. Why Does Inequality Exist?
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 12 August 2012
17. Dramatic Echoes of Ancient Wars
    Corriere della Sera, 21 February 2016
18. Four Questions for Politics
    Corriere della Sera, 2 January 2018
19. National Identity is Toxic
    Guardian, 25 July 2018
20. Charles Darwin
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 10 February 2016
21. Marie Curie
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 10 February 2016
22. The Master
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 27 January 2016
23. Which Science is Closer to Faith?
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 8 March 2017
24. Leopardi and Astronomy
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 12 February 2017
25. De rerum natura
    La Repubblica, 6 March 2014
26. Do Flying Donkeys Exist? David Lewis Says Yes
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 6 March 2013
27. We are Natural Creatures in a Natural World
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 14 December 2014
28. Emptiness is Empty: Nāgārjuna
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 8 December 2017
29. Mein Kampf
    Corriere della Sera, 13 August 2016
30. Black Holes I: The Fatal Attraction of Stars
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 10 August 2014
31. Black Holes II: The Heat of Nothingness
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 17 August 2014
32. Black Holes III: The Mystery of the Centre
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 24 August 2014
33. Kip and Gravitational Waves
    Corriere della Sera, 4 October 2017
34. Thank You, Stephen
    Corriere della Sera, 24 June 2018
35. Roger Penrose
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 18 December 2011
36. Dear Baby Jesus
    Swiss Italian Radio, Christmas Eve, 2015
37. Certainty and Global Warming
    Corriere della Sera, 5 December 2015
38. Churchill and Science
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 28 March 2017
39. Traditional Medicine and UNESCO
    Corriere della Sera, 29 July 2017
40. The Infinite Divisibility of Space
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 17 June 2012
41. Ramon Llull: Ars magna
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 11 October 2016
42. Are We Free?
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 18 September 2011
43. A Stupefying Story
    Facebook, 16 April 2018
44. Why I am an Atheist
    Corriere della Sera, 25 November 2016
45. Hadza
    Domenica, Sole 24 Ore, 22 June 2014
46. A Day in Africa
    La Lettura, Corriere della Sera, 31 January 2016
47. The Festive Season is Over
    Corriere della Sera, 7 January 2016
48. This Short Life Feels Beautiful to Us, Now More than Ever
    i-News, 20 April 2020