From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Sean Carroll.
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?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525951339
- ISBN: 0525951334
- Physical Description: ix, 438 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| Marion Library | 530.11 CAR (Text) | 37810434947700 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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