Order of time Tr. by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell
Rovelli, Carlo
Order of time Tr. by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell - New Delhi Penguin Books 2018 - vi,213,ip.
Contents
Perhaps Time is the Greatest Mystery 1
PART ONE
The Crumbling of Time
r. Loss of Unity 9
2. Loss of Direction 18
\ 3. The End of the Present 34
4. Loss of Independence 52
5. Quanta of Time 72
PART TWO
The World without Time
6. The World is Made of Events, not Things 85
7. The Inadequacy of Grammar 93
8. Dynamics as Relation 102
PART THREE
The Sources of Time
9. Time is Ignorance 11 5
10. Perspective 125
11. What Emerges from a Particularity 138
12. The Scent of the Madeleine 148
13. The Sources of Time 167
The Sister of Sleep 176
Image Credits 183
Notes 185
Index 207
9780141984964
530.11 / ROV
Order of time Tr. by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell - New Delhi Penguin Books 2018 - vi,213,ip.
Contents
Perhaps Time is the Greatest Mystery 1
PART ONE
The Crumbling of Time
r. Loss of Unity 9
2. Loss of Direction 18
\ 3. The End of the Present 34
4. Loss of Independence 52
5. Quanta of Time 72
PART TWO
The World without Time
6. The World is Made of Events, not Things 85
7. The Inadequacy of Grammar 93
8. Dynamics as Relation 102
PART THREE
The Sources of Time
9. Time is Ignorance 11 5
10. Perspective 125
11. What Emerges from a Particularity 138
12. The Scent of the Madeleine 148
13. The Sources of Time 167
The Sister of Sleep 176
Image Credits 183
Notes 185
Index 207
9780141984964
530.11 / ROV