Time(less) discussions
The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli I understand what this book stems from. Carlo Rovelli is one of the foremost theoretical physicists of our time, pun intended. As a co-creator of the loop quantum gravity theory, his work comes close to giving us a complete, unified understanding of the physical world. Being privy to this, his human intellect compels him to share this vision with others. If you have an understanding that has given you peace from the daily suffering and ignorance, but you see others around you continue to suffer, metaphorically or literally, you want to shout the truth to them from the rooftops. This book, I suspect, is his shouting. Luckily, Rovelli is one of the not too many, who has writing and explanatory powers to complement his command of formulae. Two thirds of the book are therefore dedicated to walking the reader through current frontiers of physics, including loop quantum gravity, with a focus on time. Rovelli first proceeds to dismantle the concept of ti