{"product_id":"9781324105480","title":"Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA distinguished geoscientist and rising–star astrobiologist offer a stunning new theory upending 150 years of established science—and an inspiring new vision of our universe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the codified laws of nature, famously, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase over time. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die. Yet can this truly be it? Our senses tell us that miraculous \u003cem\u003eorder\u003c\/em\u003e constantly emerges, too: children grow and learn; spontaneous patterns manifest in murmurations of starlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStar scientists Robert M. Hazen and Michael L. Wong argue that, indeed, there must be a second “arrow of time”—a heretofore missing law that explains how nature insistently creates intricate organization and complexity. Evolution, they boldly propose, is a universal phenomenon—not only in biology, but in the entire atomic, chemical, mineral, and physical universe. Elegantly written and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eTime’s Second Arrow\u003c\/em\u003e shows how our cosmic inheritance includes, even alongside loss and decay, a drive toward wondrous invention and progress—ultimately revising our understanding of the universe and our place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085004898365,"sku":"9781324105480","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324105480_p0.jpg?v=1775251147","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324105480","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}