THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER '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
Immense strange and infinite the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the
undiscerning eye - a jumble of muons gluons and quarks impossible to explain without several
degrees and a research position at CERN. But it doesn't have to be this way! Allow
world-renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Sean Carroll to guide you through
the biggest ideas in the universe. Elegant and simple Carroll unravels a web of theory to get
to the heart of the truths they represent about the world around us. - In Quanta and
Fields the second in this landmark trilogy Carroll delves into the baffling and beautiful
world of quantum mechanics. From Schrödinger to Feynman Carroll travels through the quantum
revolution with the greatest minds of the twentieth century. Exploring how several decades of
research overturned centuries of convention Carroll provides a dazzling tour of the most
exciting ideas in modern science.
