From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.
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 philos...
From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.
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.
For most readers this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it remains. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions 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.
Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory and author of the international bestseller Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, and the forthcoming The Order of Time. Rovelli lives in Mar...
Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is the head of the quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université. He is one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory and author of the international bestseller Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, and the forthcoming The Order of Time. Rovelli lives in Marseille, France.
更新了对"时间"这个概念的认识 还挺好看~
P.21 "Only where there is heat is there a distinction between past and future. Thoughts, for instance, unfold from the past to the future, not vice versa—and, in fact, thinking p...更新了对"时间"这个概念的认识 还挺好看~
P.21 "Only where there is heat is there a distinction between past and future. Thoughts, for instance, unfold from the past to the future, not vice versa—and, in fact, thinking produces heat in our heads...."(展开)
[excerpt] a macroscopic state (which ignores the details) chooses a particular variable that has some of the characteristics of time. In other words, a time becomes determined simply as an effect of b...[excerpt] a macroscopic state (which ignores the details) chooses a particular variable that has some of the characteristics of time. In other words, a time becomes determined simply as an effect of blurring. … the blurring itself determines a particular variable—time.(展开)
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1 有用 一口气 2020-07-27 11:51:14
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1 有用 栞 2018-11-28 23:41:13
11.25-11.28 总体来说和之前那本reality is not what it seems一样好看，而且讲的东西都能看懂，但最后面两章略水。不过还是值得一读的科普读物~
0 有用 Sodapoet 2021-01-11 19:19:00
更新了对"时间"这个概念的认识 还挺好看~ P.21 "Only where there is heat is there a distinction between past and future. Thoughts, for instance, unfold from the past to the future, not vice versa—and, in fact, thinking p... 更新了对"时间"这个概念的认识 还挺好看~ P.21 "Only where there is heat is there a distinction between past and future. Thoughts, for instance, unfold from the past to the future, not vice versa—and, in fact, thinking produces heat in our heads...." (展开)
0 有用 会飞的石头 2018-06-13 09:21:04
书本来就这么短，干货还不多，4小时一言以蔽之：“时间”是相对的。。。这我知道啊……关于墒的部分还不错。整本书里有一两章比较有货吧。有声版增色很多，BC读得非常动人，值得反复聆听。
1 有用 锅烩膳滋补酥鸡 2020-02-15 12:15:16
与其说是科普，不如更像是ted那种风格的通识讲座。重点在于用平实而优美的语言，启发公众对于科学的思考。脚踏实地之余，亦可仰望星空。
0 有用 notWALLe 2024-04-19 09:49:02 美国
“Ten thousand dancing Shivas” & “Our collective deliriums”
0 有用 茫茫人生 2024-04-15 14:50:56 北京
这本书特别大的一个优点就是译本和有声书都极为传神 作为读者非常幸福
0 有用 Saddie 2024-03-17 01:38:12 加拿大
How poetic. Time is nothing but us.
0 有用 mipropiocentro 2024-02-28 07:19:27 加拿大
[excerpt] a macroscopic state (which ignores the details) chooses a particular variable that has some of the characteristics of time. In other words, a time becomes determined simply as an effect of b... [excerpt] a macroscopic state (which ignores the details) chooses a particular variable that has some of the characteristics of time. In other words, a time becomes determined simply as an effect of blurring. … the blurring itself determines a particular variable—time. (展开)
0 有用 Jacqueline_琳 2024-02-06 02:00:58 美国
@Audible. 听得懂的已经知道了，不知道的又听不懂，就当复习一下时间的热力学（熵增）本质，再欣赏一下BC迷人的朗读。