Readings

The following readings were used in the creation of this course. Readings were optional and supplementary to the course.

Books

Buy at Amazon Barrow, John D. New Theories of Everything. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780192807212. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at Amazon Gott, J. Richard. Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time. Mariner Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780618257355. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at Amazon Greene, Brian. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 9780393058581.

Buy at Amazon ———. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Vintage Books, 2005. ISBN: 9780375727207. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at Amazon Penrose, Roger. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. Vintage Books, 2007. ISBN: 9780679776314.

Buy at Amazon Webb, Stephen. If the Universe is Teeming with Aliens...Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to Fermi's Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life. Springer, 2002. ISBN: 9780387955018. [Preview with Google Books]

Web Site

Bostrom, Nick. The Simulation Argument.