Delightful funny and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this
exquisite balance. Carlo Rovelli author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and HelgolandYou ve
got questions: about space time gravity and the odds of meeting your older self inside a
wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. As a species we may not agree on much but
one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder and deep down we all have the
same big questions. Why can t I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What s
inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn it into a dog?
Researcher-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham and physics professor Daniel Whiteson are experts at
explaining science in ways we can all understand in their books and on their popular podcast
Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. With their signature blend of humor and oh-now-I-get-it
clarity Jorge and Daniel offer short accessible and lighthearted answers to some of the most
common most outrageous and most profound questions about the universe they ve received. This
witty entertaining and fully illustrated book is an essential troubleshooting guide for the
perplexing aspects of reality big and small from the invisible particles that make up your
body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence in the corner of
some other galaxy. If the universe came with an FAQ this would be it.
