In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang lingers a question
at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter
but almost no antimatter? The laws of physics tell us that equal amounts
of matter and antimatter were produced in the early universe--but then
something odd happened. Matter won out over antimatter; had it not, the
universe today would be dark and barren.
But how and when did this occur? In The Mystery of the Missing
Antimatter, Helen Quinn and Yossi Nir guide readers into the very heart
of this mystery--and along the way offer an exhilarating grand tour of
cutting-edge physics.