Takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality.

Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? This book is a science book discussing such questions.

Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the nature of reality and the place of life in the universe.

One of the greatest detective stories in the history of science reveals how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced where the elements in our bodies come from. It is both the story of atoms and the story of stars.

When Felicity Frobisher is paid a visit by a Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil, she has the most extraordinary day of her life. She travels through wormholes, beats the school bullies, uses the Pan-Galactic Speaking Dictionary to wow her French teacher, and even visits an international space station.

Can time run backwards? Can we live forever? Could our universe have been created as a DIY experiment by superior beings in another universe? This book presents twelve ideas, which cover science's big questions.

The discovery in 1992 of 'cosmic ripples' led to sensational headlines and a scramble among scientists to claim credit. This book offers an explanation of one of the biggest discoveries in modern science - and a picture of what happened next.