An edition of L'ordine del tempo (2017)

The order of time

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The order of time
Carlo Rovelli, Carlo Rovelli
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An edition of L'ordine del tempo (2017)

The order of time

First American edition.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (12 ratings) ·
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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.--

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Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Space and time, Time, Cosmology, Presentism (Philosophy), fisica, tempo, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-05-27, New York Times bestseller

Times

2000

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Table of Contents

Preface : perhaps time is the greatest remaining mystery
The crumbling of time
Loss of unity
Loss of direction
The end of the present
Loss of independence
Quanta of time
The world without time
The world is made of events, not things
The inadequacy of grammar
Dynamics as relation
The sources of time
Time is ignorance
Perspective
What emerges from a particularity
The scent of the madeleine
The source of time.

Edition Notes

Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan : Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

Translation from the Italian of: L'ordine del tempo.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.11
Library of Congress
QC173.59.S65 R6813 2018, QC173.59.S65R6813

The Physical Object

Pagination
240 pages
Number of pages
240

Edition Identifiers

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OL26952402M
ISBN 10
073521610X
ISBN 13
9780735216105
LCCN
2017060293
OCLC/WorldCat
1020300173

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL17870579W

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Work Description

L'ordine del tempo
ISBD L' ordine del tempo / Carlo Rovelli. - Milano : Adelphi, 2017. - 207 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - (Piccola biblioteca Adelphi ; 705). - [ISBN] 978-88-459-3192-5.
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Tipo documento Testo a stampa
Collezione
· Piccola biblioteca Adelphi ; 705
Titolo uniforme
· L' ordine del tempo | Rovelli, Carlo <1956- >
Nomi
· [Autore] Rovelli, Carlo <1956- >
Soggetti
· Fisica - Teorie
Classificazione Dewey
· 530.01 (23.) FISICA. Filosofia e teoria
Lingua di pubblicazione ITALIANO
Lingua dell'opera originale ITALIANO
Paese di pubblicazione ITALIA
[Codice identificativo ITICCURMS2813556][2]

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August 19, 2024 Edited by lephemere fix title, add contributors and language
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January 1, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa Merge works (MRID: 40845)
January 1, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
May 22, 2018 Created by Cristina Palacio Added new book.