“ Fundamentals is an engaging account of the history of humankind’s understanding of reality, told by one of the key contributors to recent parts of that story. “A lucid and riveting narrative of the fundamentals-what Wilczek calls ‘the central messages of modern physics,’ which are not just facts about how the world works but also ‘the style of thought that allowed us to discover them.’” - Scientific American In this age of rising skepticism, he wants his readers - whom he imagines to be lawyers, doctors, artists, parents or simply curious people - to be 'born again, in the way of science.'' - The Washington Post Instead, Wilczek talks about modern physics and cosmology from a more broad-brush and philosophical perspective, often linking their findings to the real world - how they affect us. There is no calculus required this is not Physics 101. With his clear and joyful voice, Wilczek succeeds very well, and for good reason. “For those with more scientific yearnings, and who regret not taking a few courses in college to learn about the physical world, theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek offers a way to catch up. Wilczek’s prose pulses with enthusiasm for its subject.” - Wall Street Journal Brilliant, lucid, and accessible, this celebration of human ingenuity and imagination will expand your world and your mind. He excavates the history of fundamental science, exploring what we know and how we know it, while journeying to the horizons of the scientific world to give us a glimpse of what we may soon discover.

Synthesizing basic questions, facts, and dazzling speculations, Wilczek investigates the ideas that form our understanding of the universe: time, space, matter, energy, complexity, and complementarity. Through these pages, we come to see our reality in a new way-bigger, fuller, and stranger than it looked before. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that form our understanding of what the world is and how it works. In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science.

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world “ Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity, and his pleasure in his subject is palpable.” - The New York Times Book Review

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