The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)

"Multifaceted, surprising, and full of wonders…You really owe it to yourself to read it." —Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up

The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts).

Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what’s happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science—tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions—all of which have created the…