30-second Theories takes a revolutionary approach to understanding the most significant and intriguing scientific theories, reducing the 50 most important ideas in science to digestible bite-size pieces. It challenges a half-century of leading boffins to abandon their beloved jargon and explain the most complex of theories in half a minute-using no more than two pages, 300 words, one flow chart, and a picture. Understand the key notes of our harmonious universe in less time than it takes to scratch your head.