“A deep-and remarkably readable-dive into the fundamental nature of time. “Rovelli has crafted an accessible, mind-expanding read that challenges our perceptions of time, space and reality.” - TIME manages to communicate some of the most complex and inspiring ideas we have about time with a poetry, charm and wit that is infectious.” -Benedict Cumberbatch Rovelli’s new story of time is elegant and lucidly told, whether he is revealing facts or indulging in romantic-philosophic speculation about the nature of time.” - The Washington Post “No one writes about the cosmos like theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. Rovelli first demolishes our common-sense notion of time.an ambitious book that illuminates a thorny question, that succeeds in being a pleasurable read.” -Wall Street Journal “ An elegant grapple with one of physics’ deepest mysteries.A masterly writer. the many other excellent explanations of science, the heart and humanity of the book, its poetry and its gentle tone raise it to the level and style of such great scientist-writers as Lewis Thomas and Rachel Carson.” -Alan Lightman, New York Times Book Review
Chapter by chapter, Rovelli shows how modern physics has annihilated common understandings of time. 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.Īlready 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. He explains how the theory of quantum gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this timeless world. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where at the most fundamental level time disappears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it remains. 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.įor most readers this is unfamiliar terrain. The Order of Time is a dazzling book." - The Sunday Timesįrom 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. One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade
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