Time travel, black holes, and the acceleration of the universes make modern physics sound like a movie. However, it is science that tells us a fascinating story of discoveries and fulfilled dreams, of struggles and disputes, and of passion to understand nature. This engaging book will help readers understand once and for all what matter surrounds them, from the smallest to the largest. It will also teach them that Higgs-Boson is not going to make their bed, even if they insist!

Javier Santaolalla studied telecommunications engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as well as fundamental physics at the Complutense University of Madrid. In between his multiple degrees he spent time at the French Space Agency (CNES), in Toulouse, doing research for the Galileo project.