Instant New York Times Bestseller'One of the year's most entrancing books about science.'-The Wall Street Journal'Clear, elegant.a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics.'-The New York Times Book Review This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonder