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From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Sean Carroll.

By: Publication details: London: One World, c2015.Description: ix, 438 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780525951339 (hardcover)
  • 0525951334 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11
LOC classification:
  • QC173.59.S65
Contents:
pt. I. Time, experience, and the universe. The past is present memory ; The heavy hand of entropy ; The beginning and end of time -- pt. II. Time in Einstein's universe. Time is personal ; Time is flexible ; Looping through time -- pt. III. Entropy and time's arrow. Running time backward ; Entropy and disorder ; Information and life ; Recurrent nightmares ; Quantum time -- pt. IV. From the kitchen to the multiverse. Black holes : the ends of time ; The life of the universe ; Inflation and the multiverse ; The past through tomorrow ; Epilogue -- Appendix : Math.
Summary: A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward?
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pt. I. Time, experience, and the universe. The past is present memory ; The heavy hand of entropy ; The beginning and end of time -- pt. II. Time in Einstein's universe. Time is personal ; Time is flexible ; Looping through time -- pt. III. Entropy and time's arrow. Running time backward ; Entropy and disorder ; Information and life ; Recurrent nightmares ; Quantum time -- pt. IV. From the kitchen to the multiverse. Black holes : the ends of time ; The life of the universe ; Inflation and the multiverse ; The past through tomorrow ; Epilogue -- Appendix : Math.

A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward?

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