bThe iNew York Timesi bestseller from the author of iThe Order of Time iand iReality Is Not What It Seemsi, iHelgolandi, and iAnaximanderi pOne of the year's most entrancing books about science.i--The Wall Street Journali pClear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.b--iThe New York Times Book Reviewibb pThis playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. The book celebrates the joy of discovery. Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the