The second creation

The Second Creation tells the intimate story of the decades-long scientific quest for a unified theory that connects all matter and energy. Based on extensive interviews with brilliant scientists like Max Planck, Erwin Schrodinger, Richard Feynman, and Steven Weinberg, this book vividly portrays the tense and exciting world of investigators at the forefront of knowledge. It recounts the sweeping saga of two generations of scientists who sought the 'theory of everything,' from Albert Einstein's early days to today's vast atom smashers, offering a definitive portrait of twentieth-century physics.