From one of the world’s greatest physicists comes an urgent warning to humankind regarding the escalating global risk of nuclear war. Acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli confronts the guilty conscience of theoretical physics, aiming to avert what he sees as the unintended endpoint of current governmental politics: nuclear conflict.

This essential reading reframes the history of nuclear weapons, examining everything from the atomic bomb's birth and the reasons Germany did not develop it, to the narrowly averted disasters of the Cold War and the current political brinkmanship that has set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight.

• Urgent analysis of nuclear risk by acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli.
• Examines the history of nuclear weapons and political decisions leading to current peril.
• A searing reckoning with short-sighted politics for those seeking sanity in dangerous times.
• Paperback format, ideal for focused study.

• Author: Rovelli, Carlo
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Date: June 23, 2026
• Print Length: 112 pages
• ISBN-10: 1837315574
• ISBN-13: 978-1837315574
• Dimensions: 11.1 x 1.2 x 18 cm (111x12x180mm)
• Weight: 73 g

This book offers a critical perspective on the legacy of scientific forebears and spotlights the true nature of decisions being made by world leaders today. It is essential reading for understanding our moment of greatest peril.