bINSTANTi NEW YORK TIMESi BESTSELLERbbrbbVivid . . . impressive. . . . Splendidly informative.b--iThe New York TimesibibbbrbbibbSucceeds spectacularly.bbi--SciencebribbA tour de force.--iSalonbribbbrAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extraordinary intellect to bear not only on Higgs bosons and extra dimensions but now also on our deepest personal questions Where are we Who are we Are our emotions, our beliefs, and our hopes and dreams ultimately meaningless out there in the void Do human purpose and meaning fit into a scientific worldview pIn 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 leveli--iand then how each connects to the other. Carrol