Ebook: The Big Questions

The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts address the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, and provides answers from history's great thinkers. This ambitious project is a unique distillation of humanity's best ideas. In Big Questions: Physics, Michael Brooks answers the 20 key questions: What is the point of physics' Is everything ultimately random' What is time' Why is there no such thing as a free lunch' What happened to SchrOdinger's cat' Can I change the universe with a single glance' Are solids really solid' Which is nature's strongest force' Why does an apple fall' Do we live in a computer simulation' What is light' Is Earth's magnetic shield failing' Am I unique in the universe' Does chaos theory spell disaster' Can we travel through time' Is string theory really about strings' Why does E=mc2' What is the God Particle' Why is there something rather than nothing' What is the ultimate nature of reality'