{"id":7653,"date":"2011-11-14T07:54:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2011-11-14T07:54:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:54:51","slug":"a-minute-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/a-minute-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Minute of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For you arrow-of-time freaks who have been looking for a quick and engaging intro to the issues (maybe to show your friends to get them to appreciate your obsession), here&#8217;s a guest spot I did for the terrific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/minutephysics\">Minute Physics<\/a> series illustrated by Henry Reich.  If you&#8217;re not already familiar with them, check out the entire series.<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Arrow of Time feat. Sean Carroll\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_GdTMuivYF30\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GdTMuivYF30\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdTMuivYF30\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M50S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-11-13T21:03:15Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_GdTMuivYF30\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GdTMuivYF30\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Arrow of Time feat. Sean Carroll<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GdTMuivYF30\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/GdTMuivYF30\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Arrow of Time feat. Sean Carroll\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Why is the past different from the future? Caltech physicist Sean Carroll explains how the arrow of time is not an intrinsic property of physics, but rather an emergent feature. Trying out a new feature: English Transcript! Let me know how it works Tweet it - http:\/\/bit.ly\/vJRWOo Facebook it - http:\/\/on.fb.me\/tHwjDU minutephysics is now on Google+ - http:\/\/bit.ly\/qzEwc6 And facebook - http:\/\/facebook.com\/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder youtube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/pakJLE myspace: http:\/\/mysp.ac\/qtmZQj Created by Henry Reich\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v6o2bUPdxV0\">one on dark energy<\/a>. It came out right after the Nobel Prize announcement, but don&#8217;t let that trick you into thinking I won the Prize myself.  (Some people were tricked.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_v6o2bUPdxV0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v6o2bUPdxV0\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6o2bUPdxV0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-10-05T10:55:57Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_v6o2bUPdxV0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v6o2bUPdxV0\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/v6o2bUPdxV0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v6o2bUPdxV0\/0.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Guest narrator Sean Carroll of Caltech describes dark energy and the acceleration of the universe, the discovery of which was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 4th. Tweet it - http:\/\/bit.ly\/oCD2jo Facebook it - http:\/\/on.fb.me\/oagPm3 minutephysics is now on Google+ - http:\/\/bit.ly\/qzEwc6 And facebook - http:\/\/facebook.com\/minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder youtube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/pakJLE myspace: http:\/\/mysp.ac\/qtmZQj Portuguese translation by Igor Zolnerkevic Created by Henry Reich\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, instead of writing <em>Spacetime and Geometry<\/em>, I wrote a massive tome on <em>Cosmology<\/em>.  This parallel universe was featured on this week&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/And_Those_We%27ve_Left_Behind\">Fringe<\/a>.  Here&#8217;s Walter Bishop retrieving his copy from Peter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/files\/2011\/11\/fringe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/files\/2011\/11\/fringe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I helped with some of the equations on the episode.  Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org\/article\/featured-entertainers-glen-whitman-rob-chiappetta\">Glen Whitman and Rob Chiappetta<\/a> for the shout-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For you arrow-of-time freaks who have been looking for a quick and engaging intro to the issues (maybe to show your friends to get them to appreciate your obsession), here&#8217;s a guest spot I did for the terrific Minute Physics series illustrated by Henry Reich. 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