The whole human race in the volume of a sugar cube, you age more quickly on the top floor than on the ground floor, and the electrical energy in a single mosquito is enough to cause a global mass extinction. So much of our world seems to make perfect sense, but our deepening understanding of the quantum world and our leaps in technology have also revealed a universe far stranger than we imagined. With clarity and wit, the author of What a Wonderful World examines the science behind 50 remarkable facts that help explain the complexities of our existence.