The order of time
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780735216105, 073521610X
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Headquarters Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 530.11 ROV 2018 | In | |
Library Partnership Branch - Adult Non-Fiction | 530.11 ROV 2018 | In | |
Tower Road Branch - Adult Non-Fiction | 530.11 ROV 2018 | In | |
Waldo Branch - Adult Non-Fiction | 530.11 ROV 2018 | Out | October 11, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.
Language
English
ISBN
9780735216105, 073521610X
UPC
40028178431
Notes
General Note
Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan : Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.
Description
"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. He tears down our assumptions about time 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."--Dust jacket.
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Translated from the Italian.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rovelli, C., Segre, E., & Carnell, S. (2018). The order of time . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-, Erica, Segre and Simon Carnell. 2018. The Order of Time. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rovelli, Carlo, 1956-, Erica, Segre and Simon Carnell. The Order of Time Riverhead Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rovelli, Carlo, Erica Segre, and Simon Carnell. The Order of Time Riverhead Books, 2018.
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