"'... is a magnificent example of the adage "less is more". Tackling everything from quantum physics and cosmology to particle physics, space-time and black holes in so few words... Rovelli... managed... with aplomb. ...The Order of Time ...is a little more conventional ...the first part covering ..., the arrow of time, relativity, synchronization and the notion of Planck time... The second part imagines a world without time, while [in] the third Rovelli wonders how we perceive a flow of time in a timeless world. ...[H]e has a deep technical knowledge ...he knows what the hell he’s talking about ...Rovelli can condense complex ideas into beautifully written prose, gently guiding the reader through mind-bending ideas without... cliché or stale metaphors. Anecdotes, history, art, philosophy and culture pepper the text."