The entire human race would fit in the volume of a sugar cube. You age faster at the top of a building than at the bottom. Every breath you take contains an ato... » 

The entire human race would fit in the volume of a sugar cube. You age faster at the top of a building than at the bottom. Every breath you take contains an atom breathed out by marilyn Monroe. All of these are true, but why? Two brilliant ideas; quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity, hold the key. Marcus Chown, popular science writer and cosmology consultant for New Scientist, gives us a fascinating, accessible and witty introduction to these two theories that underpin all modern physics. It's a book you can read in a morning, but which will leave you excited about science for years to come. «