From eternity to here the quest for the ultimate theory of time
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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| 100 | 1 | |a Carroll, Sean M., |d 1966- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a From eternity to here : |b the quest for the ultimate theory of time / |c Sean Carroll. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Dutton, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 438 p. : |b ill., charts ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-420) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Time, experience, and the universe. The past is present memory ; The heavy hand of entropy ; The beginning and end of time -- Time in Einstein's universe. Time is personal ; Time is flexible ; Looping through time -- Entropy and time's arrow. Running time backward ; Entropy and disorder ; Information and life ; Recurrent nightmares ; Quantum time -- 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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? | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Space and time. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Stein, Sylvia tribute. | |
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