Dawn patrol in Honolulu
Eleusis, Pato, magic mushrooms
Quantum physics : the multiverse of Parmenides
Black dots on a white background : the particle world
Beyond the desert : symmetries and unification
From symmetry breaking to supersymmetry
Birth of an outlaw : the neutrino
Nuclear decays a thousand meters underground
New physics is falling from the skies
Cosmic connections
Neutrinos : key to the universe
Extra dimensions, strings, and branes
Einstein's heritage : what is time?
How to build a time machine
Against Hawking and the timekeepers
Into the wilderness of the terascale
Epilogue : Major Tom and the singing Socrates.