From the God Particle to the Theory of Everything

Our knowledge of elementary particles is on the verge of a revolution: The legendary Higgs boson was discovered with humanity's largest machine – and the Nobel Prize was awarded for its prediction. Other researchers are searching for antiparticles from space and the shadow realm of dark matter. What happened after the Big Bang? How did the building blocks of the universe come into being? What is the world made of – and why does it exist at all?

Science reporter and cosmology specialist Rüdiger Vaas spans the arc from the smallest to the largest. He analyzes the current state of knowledge and reports on the search for a "world formula" that explains what holds the universe together at its core. A unique excursion from the Big Bang to other universes and into the innermost part of matter:

Microcosm – tracing the building blocks of matter
God particle – a daring assumption with serious consequences
Antimatter – the exploration of the vanished counter-world
Dark matter – the invisible conductor in the universe
Symmetry – a code of nature that creates unity and diversity
World formula – in search of a "Theory of Everything"

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