Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life
invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work--or not, as
the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work?
How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather
than nothing?
In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast
scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex
processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday
lives.
Lucid, witty, and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our
essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic
is widening by a thumbs' length each year and how money permits trade to
time travel, why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was
sewing, and why we are all living in a giant hologram.