The Order of Time

Rovelli, Carlo

ISBN 10: 0241292522 / ISBN 13: 9780241292525

Published by Allen Lane, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Order of Time
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241292522
• ISBN 13: 9780241292525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 2W x 11.7H x 18.8D centimeters 2 centimeters width by 11.7 centimeters height by 18.8 centimeters depth
• Weight: 50 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Why do we remember the past and not the future? Do we inhabit time or does time inhabit us? What does it mean that time "flies by?" Where does it go when it flies? This transformative, enchanting book will completely change the way we think about time. 

About the Author

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the U.S., and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France. His Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is an international bestseller translated into 41 languages. He is also the author of Reality Is Not What It Seems and Anaximander.