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" From eternity to here : "
Sean Carroll.
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BL
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838749
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Carroll, Sean M.,1966-
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From eternity to here : : the quest for the ultimate theory of time /\ Sean Carroll.
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New York :: Dutton,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) :: illustrations, charts
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1101150866
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: 110115215X
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: 9781101150863
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: 9781101152157
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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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Space and time.
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Space and time.
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530.11
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QC173.59.S65C37 2010eb
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