01608cam a2200277 i 4500 295991654 TxAuBib 20100122120000.0 090622s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009023828 9780525951339 hardcover 0525951334 hardcover eng rda TxAuBib rda Carroll, Sean M., 1966- From eternity to here [BOOK] : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Sean Carroll. New York : Dutton, 2010. ix, 438 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-420) and index. 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. 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? 20100126. Space and time.