Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface: Ultimate Questions, Ultimate Answers
Part One: The Nature of the Universe
1 Elvis Lives
2 Cosmic Computer
3 Yoyo Universe
Part Two: The Nature of Reality
4 Keeping It Real
5 No Time Like the Present
6 God’s Number
7 Patterns in the Void
8 Mass Medium
Part Three: Life and the Universe
9 An Alien at My Table
10 The Billboard in the Sky
11 The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead
Afterword: The Ultimate Question
Glossary
Further Reading
Index