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Staff Pick of the Week: “The Order of Time” by Carlo Rovelli

Genre: Science Writing

Read-Alikes:
Until the End of Time by Brian Greene
The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman
The Clock Mirage by Joseph Mazur



“Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at different speeds in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe.

With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, philosophy and art, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery, inviting us to imagine a world where time is in us and we are not in time.” -Goodreads.com



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