For a mind-bending weekend, spend some time (assuming it exists)with this book. ( )

For a mind-bending weekend, spend some time (assuming it exists)with this book. ( )

With this book I had hoped I would get a simple introduction to the views of physicists on the notion of "time". That impression was reinforced by the use of cartoons. But that was a miscalculation. Callender has made a sort of encyclopaedia of scientific debates about "time". It’s so short in information and the cartoons are not really clarifying, that it was rather a letdown. See my larger review in my Sense-of-History-account, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2863710108 ( )

A weird little primer, consisting largely of boldly drawn cartoons, on the physics and philosophy of time. A lot of the important ideas and mysteries are indeed introduced. The concluding thought: "Time is a great teacher; unfortunately it kills all of its pupils."