In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, physicist, broadcaster and
consultant for New Scientist, applies his deep understanding of
complex things to simple questions about the workings of our everyday
lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, the book explains the
essence of our existance, stopping along the way to answer such
questions as why do we breathe? How does the brain work? Why did life
invent sex? Does time really exist? And how did an advanced breed of
monkey like us get to dominate the earth?