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Cosmic Variance

Sean Carroll

Sean Carroll is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include theoretical aspects of cosmology, field theory, and gravitation. He is the author of a graduate-level textbook, Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity, as well as a set of Teaching Company lectures on dark matter and dark energy. His latest book, From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time, explores the relationship between entropy, cosmology, and the arrow of time. Here are some of his favorite blog posts, home page, and email: carroll [at] cosmicvariance.com .


Posts By This Author

How To Think About Quantum Field Theory

Cosmic Variance | February 7th, 2012 in Philosophy, Science, Top Posts | 26 Comments »

A 3.8-Sigma Anomaly

Cosmic Variance | February 4th, 2012 in Entertainment, Science, Top Posts | 44 Comments »

Boycott Elsevier

Cosmic Variance | January 30th, 2012 in Academia, Science and Society | 54 Comments »

Mind = Blown

Cosmic Variance | January 30th, 2012 in Entertainment, Music | 9 Comments »

Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation

Cosmic Variance | January 15th, 2012 in Science, Top Posts | 35 Comments »

Good News/Bad News: Nobel Edition

Cosmic Variance | January 13th, 2012 in Entertainment | 19 Comments »

Do I Not Live?

Cosmic Variance | January 13th, 2012 in Science, Top Posts | 56 Comments »

Noisy Systems and Wandering Canines

Cosmic Variance | January 10th, 2012 in Environment, Science and Society | 12 Comments »

Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking

Cosmic Variance | January 8th, 2012 in Personal, Science, Top Posts | 22 Comments »

Predictions for 2012

Cosmic Variance | January 1st, 2012 in Miscellany | 44 Comments »

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    • Cosmic Variance Cosmic Variance is a group blog by people who, coincidentally or not, all happen to be physicists and astrophysicists:
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      Our day (and night) jobs notwithstanding, the blog is about whatever we find interesting — science, to be sure, but also arts, politics, culture, technology, academia, and miscellaneous trivia. We have similar outlooks on many things, widely disparate opinions about others, and will do our best to keep the discourse reasonably elevated.
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