Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The biggest ideas in the universe : space, time, and motion / Sean Carroll.

Summary:
"The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality. Physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe but those insights come in the form of equations that often look like gobbledygook. Sean Carroll shows that they are really like meaningful poems that can help us fly over sierras to discover a miraculous multidimensional landscape alive with radiant giants, warped space-time, and bewilderingly powerful forces. High school calculus is itself a centuries-old marvel as worthy of our gaze as the Mona Lisa. And it may come as a surprise the extent to which all our most cutting-edge ideas about black holes are built on the math calculus enables. No one else could so smoothly guide readers to grasping the very equation Einstein used to describe his theory of general relativity. In the tradition of the legendary Richard Feynman lectures presented sixty years ago, this book is an inspiring, dazzling introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generational boundaries for many years to come"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593186589
  • ISBN: 0593186583
  • Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Conservation -- Change -- Dynamics -- Space -- Time -- Spacetime -- Geometry -- Gravity -- Black holes.
Subject: Physics > Popular works.
Relativity and gravitational theory -- General relativity.
Real functions -- Functions of several variables -- Calculus of vector functions.

Available copies

  • 11 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 530.11 CARROLL (Text) 50686016223005 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 530.11 C319b (Text) 85131001844449 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coplay Public Library A NF 530.11 CAR (Text) 31961000287496 New Arrivals-Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 530.11 CAR Nonfiction (Text) 34001001423852 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 530.11 CARR (Text) 36446002083866 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/18/2024
Indian Valley Public Library 530.11 Carroll Science (Text) 39427103704441 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Adults 530.11 CAR Nonfiction (Text) 34261000619856 Adult Area Checked Out 04/11/2024
Martin Library Adults 530.11 CAR Science Technology (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2022: In recognition of Mary-Anne Posenau, we thank you for 5 years of service to York County Libraries.
33454005887286 2nd Floor Available -
Parkland Community Library 530.11 CAR (Text) 34422007271782 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 530.11 Car (Text) 33223008950593 Non-fiction Available -

LDR 02600cam a22003378i 4500
00111895254
003True
00520221118003159.0
008220702t20222022nyua 001 0 eng
010 . ‡a 2022021892
020 . ‡a9780593186589 ‡q(hardcover)
020 . ‡a0593186583
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)1290377757
040 . ‡dUtOrBLW
08200. ‡a530.11 ‡223/eng20220823
084 . ‡a83Cxx ‡a26B12 ‡2msc
1001 . ‡aCarroll, Sean M., ‡d1966- ‡eauthor. ‡0no2004000828 ‡0(True)450930
24514. ‡aThe biggest ideas in the universe : ‡bspace, time, and motion / ‡cSean Carroll.
264 1. ‡a[New York, New York] : ‡bDutton, ‡c[2022]
264 4. ‡c©2022
300 . ‡a296 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c22 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
500 . ‡aIncludes index.
5050 . ‡aConservation -- Change -- Dynamics -- Space -- Time -- Spacetime -- Geometry -- Gravity -- Black holes.
520 . ‡a"The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality. Physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe but those insights come in the form of equations that often look like gobbledygook. Sean Carroll shows that they are really like meaningful poems that can help us fly over sierras to discover a miraculous multidimensional landscape alive with radiant giants, warped space-time, and bewilderingly powerful forces. High school calculus is itself a centuries-old marvel as worthy of our gaze as the Mona Lisa. And it may come as a surprise the extent to which all our most cutting-edge ideas about black holes are built on the math calculus enables. No one else could so smoothly guide readers to grasping the very equation Einstein used to describe his theory of general relativity. In the tradition of the legendary Richard Feynman lectures presented sixty years ago, this book is an inspiring, dazzling introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generational boundaries for many years to come"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
650 0. ‡aPhysics ‡vPopular works. ‡0sh2008109343 ‡0(True)692130
650 7. ‡aRelativity and gravitational theory -- General relativity. ‡2msc
650 7. ‡aReal functions -- Functions of several variables -- Calculus of vector functions. ‡2msc
901 . ‡a11895254 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c11895254 ‡tbiblio ‡soclc

Additional Resources