From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
- ISBN-10
- 0452296544
- ISBN-13
- 9780452296541
- Series
- From Eternity to Here
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Sean Carroll
Description
Uses recent concepts in theoretical physics to explore the properties of spacetime and explain why time appears to only move forward, and has done so since before the Big Bang itself.
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