The Big Picture

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life Meaning and the Universe Itself‘Fascinating’ – Brian Cox Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Where are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpose and meaning ever fit into a scientific worldview? Award-winning author Sean Carroll brings his extraordinary intellect to bear on the realms of knowledge the laws of nature and the most profound questions about life death and our place in it all. From Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life consciousness and the universe itself Carroll combines cosmos-sprawling science and profound thought in a quest to explain our world. Destined to sit alongside the works of our greatest thinkers The Big Picture demonstrates that while our lives may be forever dwarfed by the immensity of the universe they can be redeemed by our capacity to comprehend it and give it meaning.. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of SpacetimeFrom the Royal Society Winton Prize winner ‘An authoritative and beautifully written account of the quest to understand quantum theory and the origin of space and time.’ Professor Brian Cox  Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending and not yet fully understood but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world. Spanning the history of quantum discoveries from Einstein and Bohr to the present day Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in science. Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean Carroll debunks the myths resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds interpretation and presents a new path towards solving the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity. In doing so he fills a gap in the science that has existed for almost a century. A magisterial tour Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. And – finally – it all makes sense.