Impossible questions, unexpected rewards, and the never-ending quest for understanding
Progress, disorder and Einstein’s elastic clocks
WHAT HAPPENED TO SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT?
Quantum physics and the nature of reality
Gravity, mass and the enigma of relativity
Atoms, quarks and solids that slip through your fingers
WHY IS THERE NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH?
Energy, entropy and the search for perpetual motion
IS EVERYTHING ULTIMATELY RANDOM?
Uncertainty, quantum reality and the probable role of statistics
The Higgs boson, the LHC and the search for the meaning of mass
The limits of our universe and the search for parallel worlds
Where relativity meets science fiction
IS EARTH’S MAGNETIC SHIELD FAILING?
Drifting poles, the planet’s churning core and the threat to life on Earth
The equation that underpins the universe
CAN I CHANGE THE UNIVERSE WITH A SINGLE GLANCE?
Spooky quantum links and the chance to rewrite history
DOES CHAOS THEORY SPELL DISASTER?
The butterfly effect’s influence on weather, climate and the motions of the planets
A strange kind of wave, and an even stranger kind of particle
IS STRING THEORY REALLY ABOUT STRINGS?
The vibrations that create our universe
WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?
The Big Bang, antimatter and the mystery of our existence
Human nature, the laws of physics, and the march of technological progress
WHICH IS NATURE’S STRONGEST FORCE?
The ties that bind the universe, and their origin in the superforce
WHAT IS THE TRUE NATURE OF REALITY?