{"product_id":"times-second-arrow-robert-m-hazen-9781324105480","title":"Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert M. Hazen, Michael L. Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324105488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324105480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Robert M. Hazen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087407268095,"sku":"9781324105480","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f641f775-8aa1-43cc-a26c-ebadec6d1848.jpg?v=1753849802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/times-second-arrow-robert-m-hazen-9781324105480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}