The Order of Time

The most fun physicist to be with – as well as the greatest explainer of physics – Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * The new Hawking… His writing is luminous – David Aaronovitch * The Times * A global superstar… Professor Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation * Channel 4 News * The physicist transforming how we see the universe * Financial Times * Do we exist in time or is it time that exists in us? To find out, we embark on a journey out of time with Carlo Rovelli, who knows how to speak to his readers’ minds without ever overlooking their hearts * Corriere della Sera * Not only a lesson on physics but also philosophy, poetry, biology, even music… After guiding us through the cosmos in his previous books, now Rovelli undertakes a journey that begins and ends with ourselves and the discovery of the greatest mystery: what is time? * La Repubblica *

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy and the US, and is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique theorique in Marseille, France. His books Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, and The Order of Time are international bestsellers which have been translated into forty-one languages.