Books by Sean M Carroll
Sean M Carroll is a theoretical physicist and Research Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He specializes in quantum mechanics, gravitation, cosmology, statistical mechanics, and foundations of physics. He blogs at Preposterous Universe and you can see his Mindscape podcast—’conversations with the world’s most interesting thinkers’—here.
“Most physicists think they’re good at philosophy when they’re actually terrible at it. That’s why I thought The Big Picture really stood out. It’s asking questions that philosophers of science might ask, from the perspective of a physicist who is also informed as a philosopher.” Read more...
The Best Books on the Big Bang
Dan Hooper, Physicist
Interviews with Sean M Carroll
The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Sean M Carroll
Theoretical cosmologist Sean Carroll recommends five books about space, time and the universe that even the science-shy can understand and enjoy
Interviews where books by Sean M Carroll were recommended
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The First Three Minutes
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean M Carroll -
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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
by Janna Levin -
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A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking -
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Black Holes and Time Warps
by Kip S Thorne
The Best Books on the Big Bang, recommended by Dan Hooper
The Best Books on the Big Bang, recommended by Dan Hooper
Before Einstein, how the universe began was a question for theologians, not scientists. Over a century later, we know much more, but not enough to do more than guess at what happened at the moment of the Big Bang and immediately after. Astrophysicist Dan Hooper, author of At the Edge of Time—a book that explores dark energy, dark matter and other things we don’t yet understand—talks us through books about the Big Bang, and questions whether our entire understanding of the universe is about to be turned upside down.
