The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli · 2000
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26 yrs
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2
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Why it endured
Carlo Rovelli's lyrical and mind-bending exploration of what time really is. Drawing on quantum gravity and general relativity, he dismantles our intuitions about past, present, and future in one of science writing's most beautiful books.
What they're saying
2 people recommend this book
“Deutsch, Taleb, and Feynman mainly. Also Bohr, Schrödinger, Mandelbrot, Chait, Gödel, Rovelli, others (I know, some are mathematicians and some have never written a formal book on philosophy). On the non-physicist Western side, currently reading Schopenhauer.”
“A compact but intellectually demanding exploration of what time fundamentally is, and while it requires some mental effort to grasp such a complex concept, the author makes it surprisingly accessible and even weaves in a narrative arc around the discovery.”
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