The Final Act and New Beginnings
Contemplating the end helps us live more fully. It gives us perspective.
Katie Mack
American astrophysicist and science communicator, Hawking Chair in Cosmology at Perimeter Institute, specializing in theoretical cosmology.
All moments: Katie Mack
- Dialogue About the Cosmic Finale — Katie Mack
Even if the universe eventually ends, the beauty of its existence is timeless.
- Physics of Endings and Beginnings — Katie Mack
When we talk about the end of the universe, we talk about the nature of time and reality itself.
- Understanding Everything's Origin — Katie Mack
Cosmology tells us the story of where we came from and where we are going.
- Scientific Scenarios of the End — Katie Mack
From heat death to the Big Rip, there are several ways everything could end.
- Cosmic Eschatology — Katie Mack
The end of the universe might be a question of philosophy as much as physics.
- The End of Everything — Katie Mack
The universe is not eternal. Sooner or later it will end. Knowing this, we can appreciate the present anew.
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