Theory of Everything Else

That elusive Holy Grail of modern physics A Theory of Everything (ToE) would explain the universe in a single set of equations. Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking tackled the problem during their lifetimes and the quest continues today in laboratories around the world. <p/> Leaving string theory galaxy clusters and supersymmetry to the Quantum Computer and Hadron Collider crowd Pedersen has taken up the rest--that is A Theory of Everything Else (ToEE) based on her own groundbreaking experiences as a dog walker camp counselor and Bingo caller. Pedersen's essays are a series of colorful helium balloons that entertain as well as affirm and uplift. Why she ponders in one essay are thousands perishing as a result of assault weapons carbon emissions forest fires pesticides and processed foods--and yet how lawn darts were banned in the 1980s after two people died? In <i>A Theory of Everything Else</i> Pedersen vividly demonstrates how life can appear to grind us down while it's actually polishing us up--and why everyone wants to live a long time but no one wants to grow old.