In his book “Dreams of a Final Theory,” Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics, describes the search for a single fundamental theory of nature, which, to explain the entire diversity of phenomena in the micro- and macroworld, would not require additional principles that do not follow from itself. Electromagnetic forces and radioactive decay, the confinement of quarks inside nucleons and the expansion of galaxies - all of this, as physicists and mathematicians strive to show, are just different manifestations of a single fundamental law.

Weinberg answers intriguing questions: Why is every attempt to explain the laws nature indicates the need for a new, deeper analysis? Why are the best theories not only logical, but also beautiful? How will the final theory affect our philosophical worldview?

In a clear and accessible way, Weinberg lays out the path that led physicists from relativity and quantum mechanics to superstring theory and the realization that our universe may coexist alongside others universes.

The book is written in surprisingly lively and figurative language, full of aphorisms and witty episodes. It opens the reader's doors to a new world and helps him understand what he will encounter there.