Big Bang
Subtitle: The Origin of the Universe
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: January 4, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780007162208
First sentence: Our universe is dotted with over 100 billion galaxies, and each one contains roughly 100 billion stars.
Description: "This book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years)."--Jacket.