[D66] Tijd als waanidee

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(De profeet van de discrete tijd...)


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The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli

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'Modern physics has found its poet. A captivating, fascinating,
profoundly beautiful book' - John Banville

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an
enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time

'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of
memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are
nostalgia. We are longing for a future that will not come'

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 a different speed 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.
Enlightening and consoling, The Order of Time shows that to understand
ourselves we need to reflect on time -- and to understand time we need
to reflect on ourselves.

Translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre