Publication

2023 - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York

Language

English

Word Count

84,500 words, Guess

Page Count

338 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC111—dc23/eng/20230421
  • LCCBD331.E423 2023

Description

We perceive time and space, but do we understand them? Answers from literature (Borges), physics (Heisenberg) and philosophy (Kant).

First Sentence

It was only midmorning on April 13, 1929, but Solomon Shereshevsky was already having a bad day.

Subjects

Topics

antinomiesthe cosmosobservationepistemologyquantum mechanicsmoral metaphysicsthe space-time continuum

Places

Königsberg (Germany)Buenos Aires (Argentina)

People

GodNiels BohrImmanuel KantAlbert EinsteinErwin SchrödingerWerner HeisenbergJorge Luis Bprges

Times

the first half of the 20th centurythe second half of the 18th century

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