Full name: Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

Author: Simon Singh Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads OpenLibrary Barns&Noble eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780007162215 0007162219

A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the maverick theory the Big Bang. In this amazingly comprehensible history of the universe, Simon Singh decodes the mystery behind the Big Bang theory, lading us through the development of one of the most extraordinary, important, and awe-inspiring theories in science. Similar books: A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss Wrinkles in Time by George Smoot Alpha and Omega by Charles Seife The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris The Book of Universes by John D. Barrow The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin The Last Three Minutes by Paul Davies The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking Endless Universe by Paul J. Steinhardt Before the Beginning by Martin Rees The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg The Origin Of The Universe by John D. Barrow A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins Genome by Matt Ridley Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould