The Origins of the Universe For Dummies®

By Stephen Pincock and Mark Frary

Published by Wiley, November 07

Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don’t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? ‘Course you do – so pick up a copy of The Origins of the Universe For Dummies and get ready to tackle the biggest, strangest and most wonderful question there is!...

The Origins of the Universe For Dummies covers: Early ideas about our universe, modern cosmology, Big Bang theory, dark matter and gravity, galaxies and solar systems, life on earth, finding life elsewhere, the universe’s forecast, and lots, lots more!

About the authors
Stephen Pincock is the Science correspondent for the Financial Times and the Sydney Morning Herald. Each week he writes a humorous and thought-provoking science piece in the FT magazine.

Mark Frary is a technology and science writer and his work has appeared in The Times and a range of other newspapers, magazines and online publications. Before becoming a writer, Mark trained as an astrophysicist at the CERN nuclear physics laboratory in Geneva.

Paperback Original; £15.99/24 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-51606-5

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