Time One

The physicist and author ofThis Changes Everythingpresents an engaging inquiry into the origins of the universe and the beginning of time. InTime One, Colin Gillespie takes on the greatest scientific mystery of all time with the aid of a fictional detective. Approaching forty-seven classic philosophical problems as clues to the question of how the universe began, Gillespie connects the dots across centuries of philosophy, literature and religionand leads readers to asingle, elegant solution. Using the devices of storytelling to help readers understand the serious science being discussedsuch as the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and string theoryGillespie reveals thevery instant time beginsand explains exactly how the universe is constructed.Time Onetackles the most important issues in physics and cosmology and its answers are both fascinating and strikingly simple.