
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Space, Time, and Motion
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Sean Carroll
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By:
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Sean Carroll
"A porthole into another world."—Scientific American
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 listeners toward 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.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF with equations and visual elements from the book.
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The most difficult thinking I have done in years.
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Brilliant ! Sean makes the difficult seem easy.
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Well put together
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Works as audiobook
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A Born Teacher
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The story is well-written and well-read, with some humor. I understood the math; I just needed to see it on paper to make it permanent.
Not suited to just listening — need the paper version
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Wonderful teacher!
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Although Sean has touched on all of this material before, for the first time ever we get a conceptual understanding of the math. It's like a journey into history's greatest minds from their perspectives. Audible says I've spent a solid 2 months of my life 🎧 to The Big Picture, Something Deeply Hidden and The Great Courses. All time well spent. For even more, be sure to check out his podcast, Mindscape.
If your interested in how things really work on a fundamental level Sean is the greatest teacher alive. On par with Feynman and Wheeler. You won't be disappointed in this purchase. Just push play and let Sean's characteristic voice take you on an epic adventure from the fundamentals of physics all the way out the the unexplored fringes of nature. Sean is a true poetic naturalist.
Mentally Stimulating
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Reminds me of the Feynman lectures
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It's okay
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