The Order of Time

　　《七堂簡單物理課》羅維理再次回歸
　　《時間的秩序》探索時間的真義

　　「我們就是時間，我們就是此在的這空間，循著存在於我們神經元之間的記憶而開啟的這片曠野。我們就是記憶。我們就是懷舊。我們總是渴望著永遠不會到來的未來。」

　　時間從來沒有停止讓我們感到困惑。從古至今哲學家、藝術家與詩人都曾探索過它的意義，而科學家則發現，它的結構與我們直觀的認識非常不同。自19世紀的物理學家波茲曼到量子理論，從愛因斯坦到迴圈量子重力論…我們對時間的理解持續經歷劇烈的轉變。時間的流動隨著不同的地方有著不同的速度、所謂過去與未來的不同，也可能比我們以為的少很多，而在寬闊的宇宙裡，「當下」的概念是如此微不足道，彷彿要蒸發了一般。

　　在《七堂簡單物理課》羅維理以優美而詩意卻並不艱澀，讓每個讀者都能親近的方式，打開了走入物理的門。《時間的秩序》以他超凡的魅力與好奇心，帶領讀者解開時間之謎。讀來既充滿啟發，更溫暖而令人撫慰，因為了認識我們自己，我們必須省思時間─而為了理解時間，我們必須回觀自己。本書是獻給每個人認識自我，也認識萬物之理的一場迷人旅程。（文/博客來編譯）

　　A global superstar. . . Rovelli is making the grammar of the universe accessible to a new generation’ - Channel 4 News

　　A concise, elegant exploration of time from the author of the international bestseller Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

　　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.

　　For most listeners this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it appears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where at the most fundamental level time disappears. He explains how the theory of quantum gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this timeless world. Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science and literature, he suggests that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood starting from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe.

　　Already a bestseller in Italy, and written with the poetic vitality that made Seven Brief Lessons on Physics so appealing, The Order of Time offers a profoundly intelligent, culturally rich, novel appreciation of the mysteries of time.