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A Nobel Prizewinning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe and how we know in this popular science classic

Our universe has been growing for nearly 14 billion years But almost everything about it from the elements that forged stars planets and lifeforms to the fundamental forces of physics can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of itsexistence

In this book Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg describes in wonderful detail what happened in these first three minutes It is an exhilarating journey that begins with the Planck Epoch the earliestperiod of timein the history of the universe and goes through Einsteins Theory of Relativity the Hubble Red Shift and the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background These incredible discoveries all form the foundation for what we now understand as the standard model of the origin of the universeThe First Three Minutesexamines not only what this model looks like but also tells the exciting story of the bold thinkers who put it together

Clearly and accessibly writtenThe First Three Minutesis a modernday classic an unsurpassed explanation of where it isthateverything really comes from