Book Club - "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli

"Time is ignorance."

What if the past, present, and future are not what we think they are?
And if time is not what we think it is, what does that mean for memory, identity, love, and the way we live?

Written with beautiful clarity and poetic elegance, this is not just a book about science - it is an invitation to look at the universe, and ourselves, with fresh eyes, and to embrace the wonder that begins where certainty ends.

Rovelli bridges Einstein, quantum physics, and ancient philosophy to explore why we remember the past but not the future, and why we experience the passage of time.

Genres: Popular Science, Physics, Philosophy, Nonfiction
Pages: ~240, paperback

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