The Order of Time
- 作者
- 出版社 Allen Lane
- 出版时间 2018年4月
- ISBN 9780241292525
内容简介
ThebestsellingauthorofSevenBriefLessonsonPhysicstakesusonanenchanting,consolingjourneytodiscoverthemeaningoftime'Wearetime.Wearethisspace,thisclearingopenedbythetracesofmemoryinsidetheconnectionsbetweenourneurons.Wearememory.Wearenostalgia.Wearelongingforafuturethatwillnotcome.'Timeisamysterythatdoesnotceasetopuzzleus.Philosophers,artistsandpoetshavelongexploreditsmeaningwhilescientistshavefoundthatitsstructureisdifferentfromthesimpleintuitionwehaveofit.FromBoltzmanntoquantumtheory,fromEinsteintoloopquantumgravity,ourunderstandingoftimehasbeenundergoingradicaltransformations.Timeflowsatadifferentspeedindifferentplaces,thepastandthefuturedifferfarlessthanwemightthink,andtheverynotionofthepresentevaporatesinthevastuniverse.Withhisextraordinarycharmandsenseofwonder,bringingtogetherscience,philosophyandart,CarloRovelliunravelsthismystery.Enlighteningandconsoling,TheOrderofTimeshowsthattounderstandourselvesweneedtoreflectontime--andtounderstandtimeweneedtoreflectonourselves.
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