Lindley has a real gift for narrative; it’s rare for science writing—even pop science aimed at a broad audience—to be this readable and engaging. Lindley pushes us through the history of science via a handful of touchstone figures, giving us a crash course of sorts. From the early work of Galileo up through the pure-math musings of today’s physics giants, we’re along for the ride.

... a polemical argument from a writer who won’t be pulling his punches.

... intriguing.

... neither the best book about the search for a unified theory, nor the first. Nor is it by any means the worst; but that simply isn’t good enough when following a path that has been so well trodden by the likes of Paul Davies, John Barrow and Steven Weinberg.

... a striking examination of an important scientific question.

... [an] eye-opening treatise.