The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe (Science Masters) by Paul Davies (PDF)

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Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies reveals the latest theories. It might end in a whimper, slowly scattering into the infinite void. Then again, it might be yanked back by its own gravity and end in a catastrophic “Big Crunch.” There are other, more frightening possibilities. We may be seconds away from doom at this very moment.Written in clear language that makes the cutting-edge science of quarks, neutrinos, wormholes, and metaverses accessible to the layman, The Last Three Minutes treats readers to a wide range of conjectures about the ultimate fate of the universe. Along the way, it takes the occasional divergent path to discuss some slightly less cataclysmic topics such as galactic colonization, what would happen if the Earth were struck by the comet Swift-Tuttle (a distinct possibility), the effects of falling in a black hole, and how to create a “baby universe.” Wonderfully morbid to the core, this is one of the most original science books to come along in years.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Paul Davies is a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Mind of God, The Cosmic Blueprint, Superforce, and Are We Alone? He won the 1995 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for his contributions to religious thought and inquiry.

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⭐This book was very readable and contained many interesting possibilities for the beginning, middle and end of the universe. The one issue I had with the book was the minimal time spent explaining the last three minutes. I felt that information was rushed or not developed as well as the other areas of the book. Perhaps my novice level makes me want more depth when perhaps no expansion of the theories are currently developed. I was just expecting more about the last three minutes due to the title.The information that was provided in the book was well researched and explained- if you are interested in physics, astronomy, origins of life and the future of the universe, I highly recommend the book.

⭐Fascinating read, well written and entertaining as well as informative. You may agree or disagree with his conclusions, but this book is well worth your time (as are his other books) if you’re interested in the origins, and possible fate of this universe.

⭐excellent erudite book

⭐Very well written, I love the fact that it has different scenarios and different ways of looking at possibilities that things might end. I would recommend this book to anybody

⭐Very interesting book. I enjoyed Paul Davies writing and if you’re interested in space at all I would recommend it.

⭐book was just as it promised… GOOD reading for those who desire to know more about larger mysteries…..

⭐Bought for a gift. She was pleased.

⭐The book starts with what I might consider a fake-out: Davies starts by recounting a situation where some asteroid has been found to be on a collision course with Earth and the final minutes in our existence considering that we know we’re going to be hit by a “global killer”. While this is interesting, it’s a bit of fiction. We were scared for a bit that later this century we would be hit by something heading our direction, but it was found to be missing us by just a little bit later. After considering the possibilities and probabilities of these happening for some pages, he notes that even if we do die this way, it’s not exactly the last three minutes of the universe, just life on earth. Going on, he discusses the possibility of heat death, seemingly unavoidable by the second law of thermodynamics and something which depressed scientists to no end after they found it out. He also covers the possibility that the universe may stop expanding and start contracting at some point in the future.Davies seems to work very hard to make the material not as dry as a AA member at a monastery by connecting most of the theory to what would actually happen, assuming that human life exists at that point. Unfortunately, the evaporating power of the material seems to take over, and I couldn’t really get through this book all the way without forcing myself through long sections on black holes that I really didn’t care much about. After the long discussion of black holes and how we could possibly get energy out of them stops, Davies got to the meat of what I was actually looking for: heat death or contracting universe. The last third of the book was actually much easier to read than the middle and much more intersting than most of the rest. Contracting and “Bouncing back” universes are discussed along with an actually interesting tangent about artifically creating universes by tricks with false vacuum. One other thing I really like about this book – Davies seems to go out of his way to make sure you know where to look up more information about the situations he talks about – even without resorting to looking at the notes in the back.The book is actually better than many I could have read on the subject, and did increase my knowledge of the possibilities for the ultimate fate of the universe fairly extensively. It definitely gets my recommendation for geeky reading over the summer, at least if you can get through to the really interesting parts. At 176 pages, it is actually more reading than it looks like at a paltry paperbook size. If it weren’t for the dry section in the middle, it wouldn’t be B grade material.

⭐Bought for my daughter as part of her physics reading material, She will have to wait until I have finished it now, started reading it and can’t put it down.

⭐Brilliant book and a great read also came very quick thank you ******

⭐This book was great! It makes you think about the possible ways that the universe could end (some may be closer than you think!) but it doesn’t have an overly pessimistic tone.

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