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Carlo Rovelli: the author of The Order of Time discusses ‘perhaps the greatest mystery’

04 Jul 2018 Matin Durrani
Taken from the July 2018 issue of Physics World, where the article appeared as "The time lord"

Carlo Rovelli – the Italian-born physicist and author of the bestselling popular-science book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics – has now published what promises to be another success story. Matin Durrani reviews The Order of Time and questions Rovelli about the motivations behind his new work

Carlo Rovelli
Time master: Carlo Rovelli is your guide to one of the slipperiest topics in physics. (Courtesy: Jamie Stoker)
Writing a popular-science book is not easy: it takes time, effort and dedication. Writing a popular-

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