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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Everything that has ever existed, from planet earth to your favorite sweater, exists thanks to entropy.
Chapter 3: Repulsive gravity sparked the big bang and led to the birth of stars, the universe’s first structures.
Chapter 4: The natural life cycle of stars forged the building blocks for planets and for life on Earth.
Chapter 5: Life developed consciousness, which follows natural laws rather than true free will.
Chapter 6: Humans evolved language and then storytelling, which gave our species a crucial advantage.
Chapter 7: Humans learned to draw comfort from religion, which strengthened social unity and eased our fear of death.
Chapter 8: When humans began creating and enjoying art, it deepened our social ties and sharpened our problem solving.
Chapter 9: Our best current view is that Earth, the sun, and all other stars and planets will one day fall into black holes.
Chapter 10: Long after black holes vanish, the fabric of space will shift – and life could one day appear again.
Description
Until the End of Time (2020) is an accessible, informal look at the loftiest topics of all time: time, the universe, and humanity’s never ending quest for meaning. Physicist Brian Greene begins at the very beginning – the big bang that set off this whole crazy spectacle – then zooms in to examine the evolution of human culture, from religion, language, and the arts. Finally, he zooms back out to examine what might become of the universe, and whether there might ever be a reemergence of life.
Who Should Listen
- Exploratory minds
- Science buffs with a poetic streak
- Far-futurists