Atomic Universe

From the creator of the YouTube sensation “History of the Universe” comes a story billions of years in the making—the cosmic journey of a single atom from the present moment all the way back to the Big Bang

All matter originated, as far as we can tell, 13.7 billion years ago in the Big Bang. The very same atoms that make up the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the eyes we use to read were born alongside the rest of the cosmos. While everything that’s made of atoms, from galaxies to puppies, is in constant transition, their tiniest components persist from form to form.

In Atomic Universe, Kelly, the creator and host of the 1.1M-subscriber “History of the Universe” channel, and his coauthor astrophysicist Dr. Paul M. Sutter take us back in time us through the entire (OK, hypothetical) history of one hydrogen atom, from the present-day human body to the unimaginably chaotic beginning of spacetime. Along the way, they illustrate how we learned about quasars, field theory, and the vast scale of the galaxy. From the contributions of Albert Einstein to those of a theoretical physicist nicknamed “Cowboy Joe,” Atomic Universe explores the invaluable discoveries of generations of scientists, tracing not only the path of an atom but the journey of human knowledge.