Mysteries of modern physics Time

Sean M. Carroll, 1966-

Sound recording - 2012

Designed for nonscientists as well as those with a background in physics, this course shows how a feature of the world that we all experience connects us to the instant of the formation of the universe-- and possibly to a multiverse that is unimaginably larger and more varied than the known cosmos.

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Published
Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Co [2012]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Main Author
Sean M. Carroll, 1966- (-)
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Science & Mathematics ; Subtopic: Physics"--Cover.
"Course no. 1257"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
12 audio discs (approximately 12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
Compact disc; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781490650500
  • disc 1. Why time is a mystery
  • What is time?
  • disc 2. Keeping time
  • Time's arrow
  • disc 3. The second law of thermodynamics
  • Reversibility and the laws of physics
  • disc 4. Time reversal in particle physics
  • Time in quantum mechanics
  • disc 5. Entropy and counting
  • Playing with entropy
  • disc 6. The past hypothesis
  • Memory, causality and action
  • disc 7. Boltzmann brains
  • Complexity and life
  • disc 8. The perception of time
  • Memory and consciousness
  • disc 9. Time and relativity
  • Curved spacetime and black holes
  • disc 10. Time travel
  • Black hole entropy
  • disc 11. Evolution of the universe
  • The big bang
  • disc 12. The multiverse
  • Approaches to the arrow of time.