Preface
Prologue
Part I: Foundations

• 1:The Laws of Physics are the Same for Everyone
• 2:There’s No Such Thing as the Force of Gravity
• 3:Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics
• 4:Mass Ain’t What it Used To Be
• 5:How to Fudge the Equations of the Universe

Part II: Formulation

• 6: To Get There I Wouldn’t Start From Here
• 7: A Gift From the Devil’s Grandmother
• 8: Our Second or Third Guess Solved the Equations Exactly
• 9: I Used Every Available Key Ring in Verona
• 10: Is There Really No Time Like the Present?

Part III: Elaborations

• 11: Gravitons, Holographic Physics and Why Things Fall Down
• 12: Fermions, Emergent Particles and the Nature of Stuff
• 13: Relational Quantum Mechanics and Why ‘Here’ Might Actually be ‘Over There’
• 14: Not With a Bang: the ‘Big Bounce’, Superinflation and Spinfoam Cosmology
• 15: Black Hole Entropy, the Information Paradox and Planck Stars
• 16: Close to the Edge: The Reality of Time and the Principles of the Open Future

Epilogue: A Few Questions, and Some Answers
Endnotes
Glossary
Bibliography