The Big Picture

 In short chapters filled with intriguing historical anecdotes, personal asides, and rigorous exposition, readers learn the difference between how the world works at the quantum level, the cosmic level, and the human level. With extraordinary insight and wit, Carroll draws on his firsthand experience in high-energy particle physics to explain how physicists comprehend the universe at its most fundamental levels. He also discusses how our understanding of space and time may be connected to human consciousness and free will. The result is an essential book not only for scientists, but for anyone seeking answers about our place in space and time—or why we care about such questions in the first place.