Before the Big Bang: The Prehistory of the Universe

ISBN-13: 9780312680282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str.

Brian Clegg

Opis

According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on some level what the Big Bang is, but we don't know how it became the accepted theory, or how we might know what came before. In Before the Big Bang, Brian Clegg (the critically acclaimed author of Upgrade Me and The God Effect) explores the history of this remarkable concept. From the earliest creation myths, through Hershel's realization that the Milky Way was one of many galaxies, to on-going debates about Black Holes, this is an incredible look at the origins of the universe and the many theories that led to the acceptance of the Big Bang. But in classic scientist fashion Clegg challenges the notion of the "Big Bang" itself, and raises the deep philosophical question of why we might want to rethink the origin of the universe. This is popular science at its best, exploratory, controversial, and utterly engrossing.

O autorze

Brian Clegg lehrt Naturwissenschaften an der Universität Cambridge. Er ist Mitglied der Royal Society of Arts, halt regelmäßig Vorträge an anderen hochkarätigen Universitäten und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine. Seine Radio- und TV-Beiträge sind legendär. Er gilt als einer der brillantesten Science-Autoren weltweit.