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On this page you will find the complete list of books (short stories, essays, dialogues, manuals…) I have published, in both Italian and English, presented in reverse chronological order. Many of them were republished over the years as issues of the journal *AutoRicerca* and can be downloaded free of charge. I should note, however, that an author’s early works are a bit like childhood photographs: interesting, sometimes embarrassing, but indispensable.

What happens when a brilliant, unorthodox physicist reflects on a lifetime of discovery? Quantum Quest is an intimate and wide-ranging dialogue with Belgian theoretical physicist Diederik Aerts, whose pioneering work in quantum foundations and quantum cognition has shaped generations of researche…

When a journalist meets a physicist in front of a blackboard, mathematics becomes a game. Seven curious and entertaining dialogues, born from real conversations between Sara – passionate but not an expert – and Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, quantum physicist and populariser. Between divisibili…

This volume is the result of a journey rooted in shared experiences, autobiographical reflections, and dialogues that have unfolded over the past few years. The book compiles the results of a collective experiment proposed by Patrizia Verdiani, Francesca Vicky Scher, and Massimiliano Sassoli de B…

This volume contains numerous writings by the author (posts, articles, dialogues, interviews, stories) of varying lengths and nature, produced over a rather long period of time. The topics covered range from physics to spirituality, from psychology to democracy, from imaginative storytelling to p…

This text addresses a highly controversial topic: that of so-called “divine incarnations,” where the term “divine” is to be understood as referring to entities that, hypothetically, would not possess a human nature, that is, would not be subject to the same evolutionary laws as we human beings. A…

How many and which things does humankind still ignore in our age? How many of these things would change our lives for the better if we were aware of them? And how many things already exist about which we are deliberately kept in the dark? Is modern science actually free to investigate the nature …

This is a book presenting to a wide audience of readers, ranging from fans of science to professional researchers, some of the authors' recent discoveries in three distinct, but intimately related domains: probability theory (Bertrand's paradox), observation in physics (the measurement problem) a…

This volume contains a contribution written “by four hands” (the reference here is to the computer keyboard, not the fountain pen; it is thus written much like playing the piano, with two hands). It is a dialogue that took place over a period of about a year (between April 2014 and April 2015) on…

This volume contains a contribution written “by four hands” (the reference here is to the computer keyboard, not to a fountain pen; it is therefore written much like playing the piano, with two hands). It is a dialogue that took place over a period of about a year (between March 2013 and March 20…

This volume contains a revised, updated, and expanded edition of a small book the author published in 2013 with Adea Edizioni, in which he offers a down-to-earth perspective on the observer effect in quantum mechanics—a topic much discussed today, often in contexts that have little or nothing to …

Observation in inner research is the main theme addressed in this volume, where you will find a detailed account of the topics presented, both in theoretical and practical terms, during a specific workshop held at LAB in October 2011, which sought to integrate the ideas developed by various expon…

Once, when I was still a child, my father asked me: “Which weighs more: 1 kilo of iron or 1 kilo of feathers?” I remember that sure of myself I answered him quickly: “Surely 1 kilo of iron weighs more, dad, because metal things, like the armor of medieval knights, are very heavy, while the feathe…

A fascinating journey to discover the (presumed!) ultimate constituents of the universe and the mysterious paradoxes of quantum theory. A high-level popular scientific text, decidedly provocative, which in twenty well-paced chapters (and a methodological note) delves, in language that is as reada…

First published in 2010, then republished in 2018 on AutoRicerca, in this text you will find Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, essential reading for every yoga practitioner, followed by a very comprehensive practice guide that clearly and accurately explains numerous basic techniques, just as the author l…

First published in 2009, then republished in 2017 on AutoRicerca, this text presents an imaginary conversation between the author’s mentor self and his protégé self, in order to explore some fundamental questions, such as:What is illness? What is its purpose? What is health? How can we preserve i…

First published in 2007, then republished in 2016 on AutoRicerca, this text presents an imaginary conversation between the author’s mentor self and his protégé self, in order to explore some fundamental questions, such as:What is reality? What is it made of? What is our relationship with reality?…

Many of the ideas presented in this volume originate from the findings of the so-called Geneva-Brussel school of quantum mechanics, particularly from the work of some of its most distinctive members, like Joseph Maria Jauch, Constantin Piron and Diederik Aerts (see the references). The main ferti…

This volume brings together seven short stories written between 2001 and 2010, published in various formats over the years and subsequently republished on AutoRicerca in 2018. Each of these stories was written—and often told—with the specific intention of opening the minds and hearts of those who…