Introduces matter, the stuff our universe is made of, from its familiar forms as solids, liquids, and gases to plasmas, exotic forms of quantum matter, and antimatter

Traces the origins of matter to the Big Bang, almost 14 billion years ago

Includes an understanding of the atomic properties of the different forms of matter

Considers the two mysterious forms which between them account for 95% of all matter: dark matter, and dark energy

Explores the limits of what we can explain, and highlights the questions we still have about matter