The universe is full of questions that are bigger than ourselves. These essays explore the deepest mysteries of cosmology – from the hidden nature of dark matter to the limits of space, time and knowledge.
Accessible, precise and thought-provoking, this book takes the reader to the very limits of what can be explained, demonstrating why the Big Bang was not merely a physical event, but the very beginning of space, time and causality itself.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it links modern research with philosophical questions about ‘nothingness’, the conditions of understanding, and the meaning of classical concepts when these break down in the early cosmos. From loop quantum gravity and cyclic models to metacosmology, it becomes clear how every theory is, at the same time, a mirror of our own ways of thinking. An invitation to rethink reality, to cultivate wonder as an intellectual attitude, and to devote oneself just as earnestly to the ‘why’ as to the ‘how’.
The author Mathias Scholz studied physics at the University of Rostock. Since 1990, he has been working as a freelancer in the field of environmental simulation and IT. He is a long-time amateur astronomer.
