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There's No Such Thing As Now

There's No Such Thing As Now

FromLibrary Talks


There's No Such Thing As Now

FromLibrary Talks

ratings:
Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist. In his new book, The Order of Time,  Rovelli asks "Why do we remember the past and not the future…What ties time to our nature as persons, to our subjectivity?" Rovelli is the head of the Quantum Gravity group at the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille University and has devoted his life's work to understanding what time might truly be. Author and philosopher, Jim Holt spoke with Rovelli about the past, future, and why there isn't exactly a "now."
Released:
Aug 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Feed your brain every Sunday with the best live conversations from The New York Public Library. An eclectic mix of voices and perspectives, Library Talks features your favorite writers and the ones you’ll love next. Hosted by NYPL live event programmer, Aidan Flax-Clark.