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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
PART ONE - TIME, EXPERIENCE, AND THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 1 - THE PAST IS PRESENT MEMORY
Chapter 2 - THE HEAVY HAND OF ENTROPY
Chapter 3 - THE BEGINNING AND END OF TIME
PART TWO - TIME IN EINSTEIN’S UNIVERSE
Chapter 4 - TIME IS PERSONAL
Chapter 5 - TIME IS FLEXIBLE
Chapter 6 - LOOPING THROUGH TIME
PART THREE - ENTROPY AND TIME’S ARROW
Chapter 7 - RUNNING TIME BACKWARD
Chapter 8 - ENTROPY AND DISORDER
Chapter 9 - INFORMATION AND LIFE
Chapter 10 - RECURRENT NIGHTMARES
Chapter 11 - QUANTUM TIME
PART FOUR - FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE MULTIVERSE
Chapter 12 - BLACK HOLES: THE ENDS OF TIME
Chapter 13 - THE LIFE OF THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 14 - INFLATION AND THE MULTIVERSE
Chapter 15 - THE PAST THROUGH TOMORROW
Chapter 16 - EPILOGUE
APPENDIX: MATH
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgements
INDEX
DUTTON
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Photograph on page 37 by Martin Röll, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License, from Wikimedia Commons. Photograph on page 47 courtesy of the Huntington Library. Image on page 53 by the NASA/WMAP Science Team. Photograph on page 67 courtesy of Corbis Images. Image on page 119 courtesy of Getty Images. Figures on pages 147, 153, 177, 213, 270, 379, and 382 by Sean Carroll. Photograph on page 204 courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. Photograph on page 259 courtesy of Professor Stephen Hawking. Photograph on page 267 courtesy of Professor Jacob Bekenstein. Photograph on page 2 ............

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