{"product_id":"about-time-cosmology-and-culture-at-the-twilight-of-the-big-bang-9781439169605","title":"About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, \"a phenomenal blend of science and cultural history\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eAbout Time\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a peek into the cutting edge of cosmology, showing how it is intimately wedded to the texture of our daily lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur universe's \"beginning\" is at an end. \u003c\/b\u003eWhat does this have to do with us, here on Earth? Everything. Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken--as altered as they were by the invention of the clock, the steam engine, the railroad, the radio and the Internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAbout Time, \u003c\/i\u003eastrophysicist Adam Frank allows us a peek into the cutting edge of cosmology, explaining how the texture of our lives changes along with our understanding of the universe's origin. Since we awoke to self-consciousness fifty thousand years ago, our lived experience of time, from hunting and gathering to the invention of cell phones and electronic calendars, has been transformed and rebuilt many times. But the latest theories in cosmology--time with no beginning, parallel universes, eternal inflation--are about to send us in a new direction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime is both our grandest and most intimate conception of the universe. Frank tells the story of humanity's deepest question--when and how did everything begin?--alongside the story of how human beings have experienced time, looking at the way our engagement with the world has allowed us to discover the nature of the universe and how those discoveries inform our daily experience. This astounding book will change the way we think about time and how it affects our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Frank \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAstronomy\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. He was a Hubble Fellow and is the recipient of an American Astronomical Society Prize for his scientific writing.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415312601362,"sku":"9781439169605","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e16766a-f8e1-4034-8f90-5e6984605cd3.jpg?v=1729400389","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/about-time-cosmology-and-culture-at-the-twilight-of-the-big-bang-9781439169605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}