Through informal but rigorous prose, she describes the weird wrinkles and implications of these potential endings.” - Scientific American “Mack offers a whirlwind tour of our possible demises and what investigating the options can reveal about physics. I found it helpful - not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding - to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos.” - James Gleick, The New York Times Book Review Mack’s style is personal and often funny as she guides us along a cosmic timeline studded with scientific esoterica and mystery.
“Engrossing, elegant.Despite the book’s sobering title, sprinkles in delightful esoterica along the way, while providing a guide to some of the most plausible scenarios about the end of the universe.” - The New York Times Lively and original, this is science writing done right.” - Publishers Weekly, Best Nonfiction of 2020 “Mack turns the end of the universe into a starting point and delivers an accessible, enthusiastic survey of scientific forces. “Excellent, far-reaching.The book is the perfect antidote to the malaise of mundane worries.” - Science Mack’s infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom elevates The End of Everything over any other book on the topic I have read.” - The Wall Street Journal “A thrilling tour of potential cosmic doomsdays.Beyond her deep expertise, Ms. Guiding us through cutting-edge science and major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more, The End of Everything is a wildly fun, surprisingly upbeat ride to the farthest reaches of all that we know. Now, with lively wit and humor, she takes us on a mind-bending tour through five of the cosmos’s possible finales: the Big Crunch, Heat Death, the Big Rip, Vacuum Decay (the one that could happen at any moment!), and the Bounce. This revelation set her on the path toward theoretical astrophysics. Katie Mack has been contemplating these questions since she was a young student, when her astronomy professor informed her the universe could end at any moment, in an instant. But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now?ĭr. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIANįrom one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an “engrossing, elegant” ( The New York Times) look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology.
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