Big Bang
The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)
by Simon Singh
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appears in Physics, Science, and Nonfiction.
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 throu...
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