This is Balk's first monograph exploring the relationship between sub-atomic particles and everyday life. This first monograph by artist Balk, employs various forms of visual expression - from abstract images to straight photography - to explore the relationship between models for subatomic particles, designed by the artist, and the day-to-day life of human beings. As Balk explores the boundaries between science and culture, "Particles + Waves With Plausibility" sets us back in time in North Africa, beginning with early Egypt and the Giza Plateau. From these often-mythologised cultures and histories, the scale then closes in - taking us forward in time, closer to specificity of place and into the limits of contemporary scientific knowledge. Balk bounces from photographs depicting everyday human existence to images describing the dramas of subatomic material, leaving the viewer to wonder: is this connection a fiction, created by Balk's designs, or are our mysteries intimate with the mysteries of modern science? While we may never answer these questions with certainty, Balk contends that "the process frames [this] science, which becomes a narrative that facilitates a kind of reality." It is up to the reader to decide how real this reality is.