One of the world's finest science journalists tells the story of the ten greatest scientific experiments - which in a moment profoundly changed our understanding of the universe.
From the universally praised New York Times science writer George Johnson (“He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time”—Paul Davies), an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science—moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply.