Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About it

Singh, Simon

ISBN 10: 0007152515 / ISBN 13: 9780007152513

Published by Fourth Estate, London, United Kingdom, 2004

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Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About it by Simon Singh. 2004. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. Book in very good condition, jacket unclipped and near fine. Signed by author to title page. Book clean throughout. Bookseller Inventory #HFB0045065.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About it
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007152515
• ISBN 13: 9780007152513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The bestselling author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘The Code Book’ tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang.

Albert Einstein once said: ‘The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.’ Simon Singh believes geniuses like Einstein are not the only people able to grasp the physics that govern the universe. We all can.

As well as explaining what the Big Bang theory actually is, the book will address why cosmologists believe that it is an accurate description of the origin of the universe. It will also tell the story of the scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging universe. Simon Singh, renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they first seem, is the perfect guide for this journey.

Everybody has heard of the Big Bang Theory. But how many of us can actually claim to understand it? With characteristic clarity and a narrative peppered with anecdotes and personal histories of those who have struggled to understand creation, Simon Singh has written the story of the most important theory ever.

About the Author

Simon Singh is a science journalist and TV producer. Having completed his PhD at Cambridge he worked from 1991 to 1997 at the BBC producing Tomorrow’s World and co-directing the BAFTA award-winning documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem for the Horizon series. In 1997, he published Fermat’s Last Theorem, which was a no 1 best-seller in Britain and translated into 22 languages. In 1999, he published The Code Book which was also an international bestseller and was the basis for the Channel 4 series The Science of Secrecy.