Weaving together the great ideas of science in this his magnum opus Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece from space to time to matter movement the fundamental forces life & the massive transformation that life itself has wrought on the natural world He reveals that underlying it all is not as we might believe a system of immovable absolutes but the ever-shifting amorphous world of relativity From religion to philosophy humanity has traditionally sought out absolutes to explain the world around us but as science has developed relativity has swept away many of these certainties leaving only a handful of unchangeable essentials
- such as absolute zero nothingness light
- leading to better science & a new understanding of the essence of being human This is an Ascent of Man for the 21st century the gripping story of modern science that will fill you with wonder & give you a new insight into our place in the universe