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From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

Sean Carroll

Start date: November 1, 2011

Finish date: November 30, 2011

Discussion: Book Club 2011

Why we're reading this: Very good book. The author provides a very smooth read of a complicated subject.
[close] Very good book. The author provides a very smooth read of a complicated subject.

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Feb 06, 2015 Charlene rated it it was amazing

Shelves: history, physics, philosophy, general-science

Sean Carroll is my favorite physicist and science writer. I didn't love the first half of this book, including discussions about time travel, as much as I loved the second half of the book; which discussed black holes, bubbles, pocket universes, and a provided a more in depth look at the low entropy state of the early universe. I read as much as I can about black holes and am always looking for authors who can make the material extremely relatable . Sean Carroll is by far the best at taking comp ...more

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Feb 08, 2014 Don rated it really liked it

Shelves: science

A book about time from the perspective of physics? Sign me up! Though at its surface, it seems like a book just about time, you could almost read it as a primer for some larger concepts in physics in general. Entropy, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, multiverse, black holes; these are all topics that are presented as a way to help provide a framework for understanding time.

I was fascinated for the whole book, even though some of the chapters were covering some pretty challenging material. Sean ...more

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Nov 05, 2011 Eric Bingham rated it it was ok

I really should give this book 2.5 stars. I really enjoyed the first few chapters, but it soon got a little to technical for me. I would not recommend this book to someone who didn't have a background in science. The explanation of entropy was great, but after that, the author spent so much time discussing entropy that I started to get frustrated with the concept. I guess I should expect that from a book that spends 375 pages discussing a single topic. His writing wasn't interesting enough to ho ...more

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