Name: Until the End of Time
ISBN: 9781716544613

Brian Huggett

‘I don’t wish to alarm you, but I think the Universe may soon cease to exist...’ A death in an Oxford physics laboratory and a mysterious chamber discovered near a small Scottish town draw a seemingly random group of people into a complex, interconnected web of adventures. They are forced to re-evaluate their understandings of reality and, with that, their perspectives on life and love. Causality is breaking down, and realms must be explored in which only an understanding of the true nature of our Universe can save that Universe. Until the End of Time is the sequel to Judgement Day: a winning title in Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards. This thought provoking, though often humorous, tale draws upon themes taken from myths, legends and religious traditions, intertwined with speculations arising from physics, cosmology and studies of life beyond death. Until the End of Time, in common with Judgement Day, is a story not easily included within a single genre. It incorporates action, adventure, comedy, crime, espionage, mystery, romance, science fantasy and science fiction – together with elements of other genres. Engage with this fast-paced and complex adventure, and you might never again view reality in quite the same way.

Until the End of Time

Brian Greene

From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose In both time and space, the cosmos is astoundingly vast, and yet is governed by simple, elegant, universal mathematical laws. On this cosmic timeline, our human era is spectacular but fleeting. Someday, we know, we will all die. And, we know, so too will the universe itself. Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to understand it. Greene takes us on a journey across time, from our most refined understanding of the universe's beginning, to the closest science can take us to the very end. He explores how life and mind emerged from the initial chaos, and how our minds, in coming to understand their own impermanence, seek in different ways to give meaning to experience: in story, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and our longing for the timeless, or eternal. Through a series of nested stories that explain distinct but interwoven layers of reality-from the quantum mechanics to consciousness to black holes-Greene provides us with a clearer sense of how we came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer understanding of where we are headed. Yet all this understanding, which arose with the emergence of life, will dissolve with its conclusion. Which leaves us with one realization: during our brief moment in the sun, we are tasked with the charge of finding our own meaning. Let us embark.

Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

Abeer A.

	i think i really broke the record with this book, took me a year and a half to finish—but only because of that one darned part about the peacocks i simply could not get past; it’s actually very readable and written quite beautifully oftentimes. I was less entranced towards the latter half… a tinge of that new atheist condescension towards religion shows through but he tries very hard to be respectful. and he really is, i don’t understand why the religious masses come for him specifically; the only “religion” he ridicules is judy zebra knight but well… even her followers agree she deserves it.

the only points it gets a little tedious is when professor greene seems to be suggesting that every discussion of art or meaning should remember the fact that it’s all made of particles and nothing really matters which just sounds absolutely useless to me. in the last chapter he recalls declaring during a play that: “Earth is a pedestrian planet orbiting an unremarkable star in the suburbs of an ordinary galaxy. If we’re taken out by an asteroid, the universe won’t so much as blink. In the grand scheme of things, it just won’t matter.”

to which an elderly lady rightly rises to chastise him and asks him what would affect him more, knowing he would die in a year or knowing that in a year the earth would be destroyed?

and well… yeah. in his defense he used it as a learning point but it didn’t keep me from calling him an edgelord in my copy. sorry professor.

“we are under a constant existential tension, pulled toward the sky by a consciousness that can soar to the heights of Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Einstein but tethered to earth by a physical form that will decay to dust.”

Instant New York Times Bestseller A captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose, from the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe. "Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose." —The New York Times (A Notable Book of 2020) Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existence through narrative, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and a deep longing for the eternal. From particles to planets, consciousness to creativity, matter to meaning—Brian Greene allows us all to grasp and appreciate our fleeting but utterly exquisite moment in the cosmos.

lola

the best book to read when you’re struggling with this longing to understand the world from both the scientific and the human, emotional perspective and are trying to connect them to a full reality of the universe. Greene offers some really interesting, thought-provoking ideas while trying to make sense of the universe and us here in the universe and find meaning. Lots of physics at the beginning, but not too difficult to understand and it gets absolutely stunning when you get to the part where Greene combines science and art and human behavior. 

If anyone’s up to discuss it with me text me pls

Marek Fort

Michael Cowell

"From the world-renowned physicist, co-founder of the World Science Festival, and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this utterly captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse. He shows us how, from its original orderly state the universe has been moving inexorably toward chaos, and, still, remarkable structures have continually formed: the planets, stars, and galaxies that provide islands in a sea of disorder; biochemical mechanisms, including mutation and selection, animate life; neurons, information, and thought developed into complex consciousness which in turn gave rise to cultures and their timeless myths and creativity. And he describes, as well, how, in the deep reaches of the future, the nature of the universe will threaten the existence of matter itself. Through a series of nested stories Greene provides us with a clearer sense of how we came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer understanding of where we are headed. Taken together, it is a completely new perspective on our place in the universe and on what it means to be human"--

Until the End of Time

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