"Charting his dramatic life and revolutionary science, a compelling new biography of Niels Bohr, one of the twentieth century’s ’most inventive and iconoclastic thinkers,’ and a scientist whose insights continue to shape our understanding of the universe and our place within it."

The Bookseller

“A true tour de force. A fresh, authoritative, meticulously researched, and utterly engaging examination of arguably the deepest thinker of the twentieth century.”

Jim Al-Khalili, New York Times–best-selling author of “On Time,” “The Joy of Science,” and “The World According to Physics”

“An exploration of the limits of scientific knowledge, as embodied in the life of one of the great figures of modern physics. With characteristic insight, Ball shows us how the quantum mysteries of the twentieth century gave rise to some of the most profound debates about the nature of human attempts to understand the universe on its most fundamental scales.”

Matthew Stanley, author of "Einstein’s War: How Relativity Triumphed amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I"

“A terrific writer.”

Adam Rutherford | The Guardian, on Ball's "How Life Works"

“Distinguished.”

The New York Times Book Review, on Ball’s “The Modern Myths”

“His prose is a pleasure to read.”

The Wall Street Journal, on Ball's "Beyond Weird"

“Ball is lucid and interesting on every topic he touches.”

The New Yorker, on Ball’s “Invisible”

“One of the most engaging contemporary science writers.”

Financial Times, on Ball’s “Invisible”