A groundbreaking new series from bestselling author Sean Carroll
Sean Carroll is Homewood professor of natural philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He won the Royal Society Winton Prize for his book on the search for the elusive Higgs boson, The Particle at the End of the Universe, and The Big Picture was an international bestseller. His most recent book is Something Deeply Hidden. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. @seanmcarroll preposterousuniverse.com
‘Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean
Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein’s general
relativity in such a luminous and straightforward manner.’
*Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on
Physics*
‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge
between popular science and the mathematical universe of working
physicists. Magnificent!’
*Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the
World*
'What is most appealing in this ambitious book is its combination
of technical accuracy and lightness of tone…reader-friendly… the
scientific and mathematical aspects of the book are
impeccable.'
*Wall Street Journal*
'Reading The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is like taking
an introductory physics class with a star professor – but with all
of the heady lectures and none of the tedious problem sets… For
those without the [STEM] background, [the result] might feel like a
porthole into another world.'
*Scientific American*
‘Do popular books about physics leave you feeling that you’re just
getting stories and not real science? If so, this is the book for
you. In a clear and non-scary way, it explains the mathematical
theories behind what physicists really think. Carroll’s trilogy
will plug a big gap in how physics is communicated to
non-specialists – and to judge from this first volume, will do so
brilliantly.’
*Philip Ball, author of Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought
You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different*
‘As a ten-year-old physics enthusiast, I would have loved The
Biggest Ideas in the Universe. With this book, Sean Carroll rejects
traditional elitism in physics and welcomes in anyone who knows
only a little algebra but wants to understand the whole
universe.’
*Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A
Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred*
‘Sean Carroll is a wizard of empathy. In this short book, the first
of three on The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, he anticipates
what’s always confused you about physics and then gently guides you
to enlightenment… and ultimately, to newfound wonder.’
*Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of X and Infinite
Powers*
'Sean Carroll shows… that the essence of physics, including its
fundamental equations, can be made accessible to anyone equipped
with no more than high school math. Carroll is an accomplished
science writer, a talent with few peers… The Biggest Ideas in
the Universe brings science dissemination to a new level. In
doing so, the biggest and most consequential idea in Carroll’s
trilogy might well be that substantive discussions about science
can ultimately be had by everyone.'
*Science*
‘Sean Carroll has produced a guide to relativity theory for the
21st century, plugging the gap between “popularisations” that
emphasise the oddities without giving the facts, and textbooks that
train students to manipulate equations without providing insight
into what it all means. He will open your eyes to the way
physicists view the universe, making fundamental ideas accessible
without the need for a degree in science, but bravely ignoring the
old adage that adding equations will scare readers off. Don’t be
scared; this is the best lay-person’s guide to the subject, written
in an accessible, entertaining style and impeccably accurate. And
the author promises to tackle quantum theory next! I can’t
wait.’
*John Gribbin, author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat*
‘Sean Carroll’s greatest gift isn’t that he’s an expert on the
fundamentals of physics, which he is, but that he never speaks down
to his reader. He assumes that anyone, even the uninitiated, can
learn to understand the formulae that underlie complicated
concepts like space and time. It is a pleasure to read his work, a
greater pleasure still to get a world-class education from such a
witty, thoughtful teacher.’
*Annalee Newitz, author of The Future of Another
Timeline*
‘No-nonsense, not-dumbed-down explanations of basic laws of the
universe that reward close attention.’
*Kirkus*
'One-of-a-kind… Carroll flips the script and illuminates the form
and beauty underlying a discipline that helps us understand all
that exists.'
*Booklist*
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