- Space and time, Nonfiction, Physics, Science
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?Time moves forward, not backward-everyone knows you can't unscramble an egg.
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Contemporary, epic, cool and warm.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Sean M. Carroll
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 592
- Publisher
- Tantor, DEBATE, Oneworld Publications
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781851687954
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