ISBN: 0007162219 9780007162215

Category: Science / General

Page count: 560

<p>A half century ago, a shocking <i>Washington Post</i> 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, <b>Simon Singh</b> 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.</p>