Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, author of Black Holes and Time Warps It is beautifully written, lucid, and deep.” “For anyone who ever wondered about the nature of time and how it influences our universe, this book is a must read. Carroll’s From Eternity to Here is certainly one of them.”

The best way to grasp the rich mysteries of our universe is by constantly rereading the best and clearest explanations. “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. “Unifying cosmology, thermodynamics, and information science into a refreshingly accessible whole, From Eternity to Here will make you wish time’s arrow could fly in reverse, if only so you could once again read the book for the first time.” Carroll writes with verve and infectious enthusiasm, reminding readers that science is a journey in which getting there is, without question, much of the fun. We may not be able to travel back in time, but we can find ways to peer back across it and see clues to how the universe evolved, thanks to such discoveries as quantum mechanics and relativity theory. This has implications for our understanding of the Big Bang origins of the universe. This fact plays an important role in the second law of thermodynamics: the entropy (disorderliness) of an isolated system either remains constant or increases with time. But the Arrow of Time’ is also the only feature of the universe with one irreversible direction: time goes forward.

Time is a medium we move through and a way to sequence events. We’re not thinking small here, Carroll announces with glee before launching into his topic. No one is better equipped to take readers on a rollercoaster ride through time, space, and the origins of the universe than Caltech theoretical physicist Carroll, cofounder of Cosmic Variance, one of the top science blog sites. “FROM ETERNITY TO HERE”: SEAN CARROLL BOOK ON THE THEORY OF TIME Apat 9:26 pm | Posted in Books, Philosophy, Research, Science & Technology | Leave a commentįrom Eternity to Here : The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

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