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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

A Year Well Blogged

Cosmic Variance | December 29th, 2011 in Cosmic Variance, Top Posts | 8 Comments »

Happy Holidays!

Cosmic Variance | December 24th, 2011 in Miscellany | 30 Comments »

Last-Minute Shopping List

Cosmic Variance | December 21st, 2011 in Advice, Top Posts, Words | 18 Comments »

The Girl With Various Interesting Qualities

Cosmic Variance | December 20th, 2011 in Top Posts, Words | 49 Comments »

You Are A Machine

Cosmic Variance | December 14th, 2011 in Science | 64 Comments »

Science! It Marches On

Cosmic Variance | December 13th, 2011 in Science, Top Posts | 38 Comments »

Not Being Announced Tomorrow: Discovery of the Higgs Boson

Cosmic Variance | December 12th, 2011 in Science, Top Posts | 27 Comments »

A Salon of Ideas

Cosmic Variance | December 7th, 2011 in Cosmic Variance | 5 Comments »

Guest Post: Matt Strassler on Hunting for the Higgs

Cosmic Variance | December 6th, 2011 in Guest Post, Science, Top Posts | 56 Comments »

On Determinism

Cosmic Variance | December 5th, 2011 in Philosophy, Science, Top Posts | 80 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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