Juan José Gómez Cadenas, Physicist at the Ikerbasque Foundation, Donostia International Physics Center; Luca Doninelli, Writer. Moderated by Marco Bersanelli, Professor of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Milan. 

Science and poetry are sometimes considered as two separate worlds, almost two narratives of reality that are incompatible with each other. However, in the distinction of the underlying questions and the methods that are employed, they have more in common than is commonly thought: both require a deep attention to reality, a willingness to discover what is new and unexpected, a desire for synthesis and effective communication. Through their testimonies, two established figures, a physicist and a writer, will lead us to the discovery of how in the 21st century the humanistic dimension and the scientific dimension can meet and coexist, without merging with each other, but rather uncovering the traits of their complementarity and the deep root from which both arise.