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The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein s general theory of relativity. But, almost a century after their advent, most people haven t the slightest clue what either is about. Did you know that there s so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor?

Marcus Chown explains all with characteristic, wit, colour and clarity.