Le théâtre quantique
Literal: The quantum theater
by Alain Connes, Danye Chéreau, and Jacques Dixmier
In his book L’ordine del tempo, Carlo Rovelli describes the protagonist of this curious, short
novel as being able to “see the world directly, beyond time.” Rovelli suggests that
the novel is a metapher for time and space emerging from more basic phenomena in the
field of quantum gravity, but that is the limit of my understanding. And I don’t know
whether the novel involves actual time travel.
— Michael Main
J’ai eu cette chance inouïe d’expérimenter une perception globale de mon être, non
plus à un moment particular de son existence, mais comme un « tout ». J’ai
pu comparer sa finitude dans l’espace contre laquelle personne ne s’insurge et sa
finitude dans le temps qui nos pose problème.
I have had the unheard-of good fortune of experiencing a global vision of my
being—not of a particular moment, but of my existence “as a whole.” I was able
to compare its finite nature in space, against which no one protests, with its finite
nature in time, which is instead the source of so much outrage.
English
[ex=bare]Le théâtre quantique | Quantum Theater[/ex] by Alain Connes, Danye Chéreau, and
Jacques Dixmier (Odile Jacob, May 2013).