The Nature of Space and Time

Synopsis

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In the nature of space and time, two of the world's most famous physicists--stephen hawking (a brief history of time) and roger penrose (the road to reality)--debate these questions.