Rigorous and interdisciplinary perspective on the meaning and origin of the arrow of time, drawing on physics and its philosophy.

In our century, the subject of time has become an area of serious inquiry for science. Theories that contain time as a simple quantity form the basis of our und

"An accessible and engaging exploration of the mysteries of time." -Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe Twenty years ago, Stephen Hawking tried to expl

In this novel a man's life is portrayed backwards, from death to birth, as are some of the scenes - for example, sex begins with climax, moves through foreplay

Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way around? What does quantum mechanics really tell us about