![]() ![]() ![]() Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre. With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, philosophy and art, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery.Įnlightening and consoling, The Order of Time shows that to understand ourselves we need to reflect on time - and to understand time we need to reflect on ourselves. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it.įrom Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. We are longing for a future that will not come’Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.’ We are time. Plus he lets you skip the technical bits if you want!” Rebekah Beautifully written, and at times quite poignant, this is a book for the curious. The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli, hardly seems like pool-side reading, but anyone with the least interest in the science of the physical world will be by turns astonished, baffled and thrilled by what Rovelli has to say about the true nature of time, which has little in common with our. Rovelli unfurls the universe and how we experience time in a humourous, accessible way. Alan Lightman, New York Times Book Review. ![]() “A stunning blend of science, poetry, and philosophy. ![]()
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