The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli

The Order of Time

By Carlo Rovelli

  • Release Date: 2018-05-08
  • Genre: Physics
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 245 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade

"Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times

From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander comes a concise, elegant exploration of time.

Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike.

For most readers this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it remains. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where at the most fundamental level time disappears. He explains how the theory of quantum gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this timeless world. Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science and literature, he suggests that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood starting from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe.

Already a bestseller in Italy, and written with the poetic vitality that made Seven Brief Lessons on Physics so appealing, The Order of Time offers a profoundly intelligent, culturally rich, novel appreciation of the mysteries of time.

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Latest Impressions

  • Delightful

    5
    By Maria Donosova
    Insightful, engaging, though provoking read. Enjoyed every bit of it
  • 🤯

    4
    By myherobrock
    Somethings went over my head, but the concepts I did grab will turn over in my end for many years to come
  • Makes you thibk

    4
    By aldenhaley
    Makes you think
  • Jaw-dropping.

    5
    By KRAZYvKILL3R
    The facts told in this book are eye-opening. This book gives the reader an idea of how far science and physics has gone in this generation and how we still have so much more to discover. Very hard to read if you are not a physicist but keep reading as I did and you will love this book.
  • Poetic

    5
    By vonhagee
    The books purpose is to explain theories but it’s written in such a romantic way that it doesn’t read like a textbook or a science journal. The language is natural, conversational. It’s a very enjoyable book.
  • The Order of Time

    5
    By Rice Owl
    I have listened to and read this book multiple times and get something new every time. You will probably not master the information but you will delight in the ideas it triggers for you. A boatload of assumptions traded for a handful of insights-a wonderful deal.
  • Expanded my horizons

    4
    By A_LK
    Highly recommended. Unique combination of poetic approach and science.
  • Handsome

    5
    By O_M_P.
    5+ Apparently only man worthy of all attention!
  • A must read for everyone

    5
    By Timmiley
    Carlo is just as brilliant as Steven?????