The Order of Time
Inbunden bok. Folio Society. 1 uppl. 2023. 195 sidor.
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Book and slipcase are in new condition. Size: 24,5 x 14cm. Bound in blind-blocked cloth, with gold-foil blocking. Blocked cloth slipcase. Printed in 3 colours. Set in Portrait with Euclid as display. Diagrams and integrated illustrations throughout.
Why can we alter the future but not the past, and is there any such thing as the present? We think of time as universal – moving forward, measured by clocks – but look more closely, and it reveals itself to be profoundly strange. In this thrilling dive into the nature of our universe, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli sweeps away all our easy assumptions. He shows that time flows faster or more slowly in different places, and vanishes altogether through the lens of quantum gravity theory. A number-one bestseller and one of Time’s ten best nonfiction books of the decade, The Order of Time is presented in a Folio edition unlike any other, thanks to award-winning designer Daniel Streat’s superb minimalist graphics. An exclusive new introduction by Philip Pullman, one of the book’s many literary fans, celebrates Rovelli’s rare gift for illuminating ‘ideas and concepts about the nature of the universe that are some of the strangest and deepest ever discovered’.
