Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing?
In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.
The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy.
The second part, Nothing, explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Jim sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the super-small shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim can prove it.

《上帝掷骰子吗》这本书是关于量子论的故事。量子论是一个极为奇妙的理论：从物理角度来说，它在科学家中间引起了最为激烈的争议和关注；从现实角度来说，它给我们的社会带来了无与伦比的变化和进步；从科学史角度来说，也几乎没有哪段历史比量子论的创立得到了更为彻底的研究。然而不可思议的是，它的基本观点和假说至今没有渗透到大众的意识中去，这无疑又给它增添了一道神秘的光环。
这本书带读者做一次量子之旅，从神话时代出发，沿着量子发展的道路，亲身去经历科学史上的乌云和暴雨，追逐流星的辉光，穿越重重迷雾和险滩，和最伟大的物理学家们并肩作战。除了回顾基本的历史背景，还将向着未来探险，去逐一摸索量子论面前的不同道路，闯入人迹罕至的未知境地，和先行者们一起开疆扩土。让人惊叹的，不仅仅是沿途那令人眼花缭乱的绚丽风景，更来自于人内心深处的思索和启示——那是科学深植在每个人心中不可抗拒的魅力。
这本书适合任何有中学基本物理概念的读者。