Until the End of Time: Consciousness, Matter, and the Search for Meaning in a Changing Universe

Brian Greene is a prominent theoretical physicist and a famous science communicator. His books have helped many become acquainted with string theory and other fundamental ideas of modern physics. "Until the End of Time" is an attempt to find a place for humanity in the worldview described by modern science. Greene shows how the cosmos, with its galaxies, stars, planets, and ultimately life, unfolds in the struggle between two great forces—entropy and evolution. Why is there something rather than nothing? How do myriads of moving particles gain the ability to feel and think? How can we comprehend the meaning of life in the chilling prospect of trillions of years in the future, where any thought is ultimately destined to fade away? Greene does not always have ready answers, but the scientific context makes the search for them an incomparably more interesting endeavor.