5 out of 5 stars *****
Fascinating book about the fabric of space and time, the concrete and abstract, the where and the when of life. Working theories and present day models which mathematically support such theories constitute the bulk of the book. Carlo Rovelli refers to three giants in this field, Aristotle, Newton, and Einstein, who venture far beyond the familiar acceptance of relative time; but Rovelli also mentions the invaluable genius work of many who develop the study of time, represented by the letter, "T", in their formulae. A most intriguing aspect is that time is associated with events more than components that shape and form some tangible object. The laws that affect time are also not what one expects; such as gravity which pulls in and slows down time. That force also shapes space and all of its particles. This book opens the mind to the possibilities only visited in Science Fiction. It is for the curious, if they have the time.
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