FOREWORD: THE MAKING OF TOMORROW’S SCIENCE
PART
ONE: THE NATURE OF REALITY
CHAPTER 1:
UNBREAK MY HEART
Contrary to all expectations, there may
exist regions in our Universe
where time runs backwards
CHAPTER 2:
I'M GONNA LIVE FOREVER
Evidence is growing that there are an
infinite number of realities all
stacked together like the pages of a
never-ending book
CHAPTER 3:
DIVIDING THE INDIVISIBLE
A claim that the basic building blocks of
matter can be split could have
Profound implications for the nature of
ultimate reality
CHAPTER 4:
ALL THE WORLD'S A TIME MACHINE
The two great theories of the 20th-century
physics might at last be
united--if atoms contain time machines!
CHAPTER 5:
TALES FROM THE FIFTH DIMENSION
Not only are extra dimensions a real possibility,
they could reveal
themselves in the next few years
PART
TWO: THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER 6:
THE HOLES IN THE SKY
Is most of the mass of the Universe in the
form of fridge-sized black
holes?
CHAPTER 7:
LOOKING GLASS UNIVERSE
Does our Universe could contain invisible
galaxies, stars and planets
--even invisible ETs?
CHAPTER 8:
THE UNIVERSE NEXT DOOR
Brace yourself. The Universe could be
about to get bigger than you ever
imagined
CHAPTER 9:
WAS THE UNIVERSE CREATED BY ANGELS?
The discovery that it might be possible to
make a universe in the
laboratory could have profound
implications for the origin of our own
Universe
PART
THREE: LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER 10: THE WORLDS BETWEEN THE STARS
Billions upon billions of habitable planets
could be hiding in the cold,
dark abyss of interstellar space
CHAPTER 11: THE LIFE PLAGUE
Did life on Earth have its beginnings in
interstellar space?
CHAPTER 12: ALIEN GARBAGE
The aliens might not have got to Earth yet
but their garbage may have
arrived ahead of them!