An epic and explosive journey through modern physics in which heroes of pop culture guide the reader through black holes, invisible particles, and cosmic mysteries. With humor, imagination, and an adventurous pace, the book turns the universe into an accessible and fascinating spectacle, proving that science can be as exciting as the greatest film saga.
THEMES: Science – Culture – Education – Research – Society.
GENRE: Comedy.
PITCH: In this bestselling book, iconic characters from pop culture—such as Ash Ketchum, Frodo Baggins, Mario and Luigi, or Luke Skywalker—become unexpected guides through the most fascinating, strange, and mind-blowing aspects that modern physics has to offer. The result is a fun and thrilling work of popular science that strikes a finely tuned balance between scientific rigor, humor, and a sense of spectacle, without ever falling into academic solemnity.
The core idea is both simple and ambitious: to transform the complexity of the universe into a pop adventure, as entertaining as a cinematic saga and as clear as a great science lecture. There is no intimidating jargon or academic distance here; instead, there is imagination, shared cultural references, and a narrative journey that takes the reader by the hand to the very edges of human knowledge.
The book begins by questioning the traditional way science is taught and by reclaiming curiosity as the fundamental engine of scientific thinking. From there, modern physics is told as a great epic story: with real heroes (Galileo, Einstein, Hawking), conceptual enemies (the ether, ignorance, dogma), and theoretical “monsters” as unsettling as black holes, dark matter, or antimatter. The central mystery running through the book is clear: reality is far stranger and more surprising than our intuition suggests.
Throughout the text, the reader embarks on a journey that traces the evolution of physics from the first natural philosophers to the Standard Model of particle physics, presented as a kind of grand map that organizes fundamental particles and forces. Through visual metaphors, everyday analogies, and geek humor, the author introduces key concepts such as quantum mechanics, relativity, or the intimate structure of matter, always prioritizing conceptual understanding over mathematical formalism.
But the book does not stop at what is already established. In its final stretch, it ventures into the frontier territories of contemporary physics: dark matter, dark energy, black holes, modern cosmology, and antimatter. The history of the universe is then framed as a true cosmic thriller: we know the origin—the Big Bang—we understand parts of its development, but we still do not know the ending. It is the point where our certainties end and the scientific fog begins.
Ultimately, this is a work that humanizes science and restores it to its most vibrant state: a creative, visual, and deeply exciting discipline, filled with universal themes such as mystery, exploration, risk, and discovery. A book that not only explains modern physics, but actively invites readers to marvel, ask questions, and want to know more.
RELEVANT FACTS:
Javier Santaolalla is a Spanish physicist and science communicator, recognized for bringing science to a broad audience with humor, clarity, and enthusiasm. A Telecommunications Engineer and PhD in Particle Physics, he worked at CERN as a researcher on the CMS experiment, one of the major international collaborations involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson.
After his time in scientific research, he shifted his career toward outreach, becoming one of the most influential science communicators in Spanish. He is the creator of the YouTube channel Date un Voltio, where he explains physics, cosmology, and technology in an accessible and entertaining way, and a cofounder of the collective Big Van: Scientists on Wheels, a pioneer in using humor and performance as tools for science communication.
The author of several popular science books, his approachable, energetic, and visual style has established him as a key figure in contemporary science communication. He currently has more than 12 million followers across social media and maintains a constant presence at educational and cultural events and in the media.
The Higgs Boson Is Not Going to Make Your Bed is his most successful book, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. In this work, he transforms modern physics into a vibrant and accessible pop adventure, combining scientific rigor with humor, cultural references, and visual metaphors to turn complex concepts into an epic narrative designed for readers of all ages.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV series, Miniseries, Feature film, TV film.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
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