From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time /
Carroll, Sean M., 1966-
From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Quest for the ultimate theory of time Sean Carroll. - New York : Dutton, c2010. - ix, 438 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-420) and index.
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.
0525951334 (hardcover) 9780525951339 (hardcover)
2009023828
Space and time.
From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Quest for the ultimate theory of time Sean Carroll. - New York : Dutton, c2010. - ix, 438 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-420) and index.
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.
0525951334 (hardcover) 9780525951339 (hardcover)
2009023828
Space and time.