This is a story of the creation of the universe through imperfections in the early universe. The story is told in five parts through three main themes. the themes are the history of our understanding of the universe, the imperfections in time and space and matter, and the history of our understanding of the evolution of life.
Through the first two themes, he seems to be building a case for there not being a unified theory for the universe. Our expectations of a unified theory are solely human, the same drive that lead us to belief in a single god, our desire to have a single understanding for events. However, when he starts the third theme, this goal is lost. The section on life seemed out of place and it felt as if it should have been in a different book.
Overall, the book was interesting. But the history sections seem to appear in all science books these days. If you’re interested in science writing, you’ve probably read it dozens of times before. For this reason, I cannot recommend it, there just isn’t enough meat to warrant the time and there are lots of other good science books to be read.