Sloan Foundation grant for the Public Understanding of Science, will take the reader through five universe-ending possibilities proposed by cosmologists, exploring what they would look like (if anyone were still around to see them) and how new cutting-edge astronomical observations and particle experiments can tell us which way our cosmos, and everything in it, might reach its ultimate demise. Macks endlessly entertaining survey is infused with a palpable love of her subject. This popular-level book, published by Scribner and supported by an Alfred P. The End of Everythingis a fascinating tour of the cosmic forces. But what’s next? We now have the tools to extend our knowledge into the distant future and speculate about the ultimate fate of all reality. Modern cosmology - the study of the nature and evolution of the cosmos itself - has allowed physicists to explain the history of the Universe from the first tiny fraction of a second until today. The Universe had a beginning, and it will have an end. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) A theoretical astrophysicist surveys five possible scenarios for the end of the universe, backed by the latest research in physics and cosmology. Katie Mack, The End of Everything 13 likes Like In fact, it’s possible that the only reason we can remember the past and not the future is that things can only get worse is a truth so universal that it shapes reality as we know it.
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