An inspiring, personal tour of what theoretical physicists actually doThis Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives. The enigmas that Professor Michael Dine discusses are like landmarks on a fantastic journey to the edge of the universe.Dine is widely recognized as having made profound contributions to our understanding of matter, time, the Big Bang, and even what might have come before it. This Way to the Universe touches on many emotional, critical points in his extraordinary carreer, while it presents mind-bending physics like his solution to the Dark Matter mystery and the ideas that explain why our universe consists of something rather than nothing. People assume string theory can never be tested, but Dine intrepidly explores exactly how the theory might be tested experimentally, as well as the pitfalls. This book reflects a lifetime pursuing the deepest mysteries of reality, by one of the most humble and warmly engaging voices you will ever read.Asked where to find out about the big bang, dark matter and energy, the Higgs boson particle-the long cutting edge of physics now-Dine had no single book he could recommend. This is his accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date answer. Comprehensible to anyone with a high-school level education, with almost no equations, there is no better author to take you on this amazing odyssey.

FIRST BOOK BY DEEPLY ADMIRED EXPERT: We already have in quotes from Sean Carroll and Leonard Susskind, but Dine is universally respected in the field by colleagues such as Brian Greene, Katie Mack, Lisa Randall, Carlo Rovelli and David Wilczek. All will be watching out for this book and we can depend on strong support from his influential network.PERENNIAL CATEGORY WITH OR WITHOUT COVID-19: The showing of Katie Mack's THE END OF EVERYTHING in August 2020 and David Wilczek's FUNDAMENTALS in February 2021 demonstrates the market for the authoritative book in this area is as strong as ever.DISTINCT PERSPECTIVE: Dine shows the value of what theoretical physics accomplishes and where experimentalists take over and, again and again, have been able to verify even the most mind-bending notions, utterly divorced from ordinary human intuition.