Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1 Dawn Patrol in Honolulu 1
5. 2 Eleusis, Plato, Magic Mushrooms 7
6. 3 Quantum Physics: Th e Multiverse of Parmenides 17
7. 4 Black Dots on a White Background: Th e Particle World 34
8. 5 Beyond the Desert: Symmetries and Unifi cation 51
9. 6 From Symmetry Breaking to Supersymmetry 65
10. 7 Birth of an Outlaw: Th e Neutrino 81
11. 8 Nuclear Decays a Th ousand Meters Underground 97
12. 9 New Physics Is Falling from the Skies 115
13. 10 Cosmic Connections 131
14. 11 Neutrinos: Key to the Universe 154
15. 12 Extra Dimensions, Strings, and Branes 167
16. 13 Einstein’s Heritage: What Is Time? 188
17. 14 How to Build a Time Machine 202
18. 15 Against Hawking and the Timekeepers 213
19. 16 Into the Wilderness of the Terascale 230
20. 17 Epilogue: Major Tom and the Singing Socrates 248
21. Notes 257
22. Further Reading 265
23. Acknowledgments 279
24. Index 283