From Eternity to Here Hardback - 2010
by Carroll, Sean
A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of ouruniverse and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Whydoes time move forward?
Time moves forward, not backward-everyone knows youcan't unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today'shottest young physicists, that simple fact of breakfastbecomes a doorway to understanding the Big Bang, theuniverse, and other universes, too. In From Eternity toHere, Sean Carroll argues that the arrow of time, pointingresolutely from the past to the future, owes its existenceto conditions before the Big Bang itself-a period moderncosmology of which Einstein never dreamed. Increasingly,though, physicists are going out into realms that make thetheory of relativity seem like child's play. Carroll's scenario isnot only elegant, it's laid out in the same easy-to-understandlanguage that has made his group blog, Cosmic Variance,the most popular physics blog on the Net.
From Eternity to Here uses ideas at the cutting edge oftheoretical physics to explore how properties of spacetimebefore the Big Bang can explain the flow of time weexperience in our everyday lives. Carroll suggests that welive in a baby universe, part of a large family of universesin which many of our siblings experience an arrow of timerunning in the opposite direction. It's an ambitious,fascinating picture of the universe on an ultra-large scale,one that will captivate fans of popular physics blockbusterslike Elegant Universe and A Brief History of Time.
Summary
Time moves forward, not backward—everyone knows you can’t unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today’s hottest young physicists, that simple fact of breakfast becomes a doorway to understanding the Big Bang, the universe, and other universes, too. In From Eternity to Here, Sean Carroll argues that the arrow of time, pointing resolutely from the past to the future, owes its existence to conditions before the Big Bang itself— a period modern cosmology of which Einstein never dreamed. Increasingly, though, physicists are going out into realms that make the theory of relativity seem like child’s play. Carroll’s scenario is not only elegant, it’s laid out in the same easy-to- understand language that has made his group blog, Cosmic Variance, the most popular physics blog on the Net.
From Eternity to Here uses ideas at the cutting edge of theoretical physics to explore how properties of spacetime before the Big Bang can explain the flow of time we experience in our everyday lives. Carroll suggests that we live in a baby universe, part of a large family of universes in which many of our siblings experience an arrow of time running in the opposite direction. It’s an ambitious, fascinating picture of the universe on an ultra-large scale, one that will captivate fans of popular physics blockbusters like Elegant Universe and A Brief History of Time.
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- Title From Eternity to Here
- Author Carroll, Sean
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 448
- Language EN
- Publisher Dutton Adult, New York
- Date 2010-01-07
- ISBN 9780525951339
Media reviews
-Seed Magazine
"Carroll...takes his readers on a fascinating and refreshing trek through every known back alley and cul de sac of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology and theoretical physics. The best way to grasp the rich mysteries of our universe is by constantly rereading the best and clearest explanations. Mr. Carroll's From Eternity to Here is certainly one of them."
-Wall Street Journal
"For anyone who ever wondered about the nature of time and how it influences our universe, this book is a must read. It is beautifully written, lucid, and deep."
-Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, author of Black Holes and Time Warps
"Sean Carroll's From Eternity to Here provides a wonderfully accessible account of some of the most profound mysteries of modern physics. While you may not agree with all his conclusions, you will find the discussion fascinating, and taken to much deeper levels than is normal in a work of popular science."
-Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, author of The Road to Reality and The EMperor's New Mind
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