Surfing the Cosmos
About this Series
Surfing the Cosmos holds two worlds in contrast: the improvised electrical systems above the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest neighborhoods and the pristine machinery of high-energy physics research at CERN in Geneva. By juxtaposing the raw human need for power with humanity’s most sophisticated scientific ambitions, Miller frames an urgent argument: our hunger for energy is as primal and chaotic, as it is universal. Surfing the Cosmos documents our present condition and questions whether ingenuity can outpace instinct before time runs out. Science may offer a way forward.