The Origins of the Universe for Dummies® [Paperback]

"…it makes you feel smarter with little eureka moments that are real page turners." (Bedfordshire on Sunday, Borough edition, Sunday 2nd March)

"…it makes you feel smarter with little eureka moments that are real page turners." (Bedfordshire on Sunday, Borough edition, Sunday 2nd March)

‘...will fascinate and please many readers.’ (Popular Astronomy, June 2011).

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 – and who better than For Dummies 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

Everything you need for a quick tour of everything

You are here. How come?

Want to discover the physical origin of the universe, but don′t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Want to know what scientists have found out about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? Most people do: It′s a deep part of human nature. Who better than For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest, and most wonderful question of them all?

Discover:

• Early ideas about our universe

• The Big Bang and the Big Crunch

• Dark matter, string theory, and time travel

• Explanations of the unexplainable

• If life exists elsewhere

Stephen Pincock has been writing about science for the past 15 years, after finishing a degree in Microbiology at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and realising that while the whole science thing is utterly fascinating, he was less than eager to spend the rest of his life peering down a microscope.
Stephen’s currently a regular science contributor to The Financial Times and The Lancet among many other publications, and is the international correspondent for The Scientist. For quite a while he was an editor at Reuters Health.

Mark Frary is a science and technology writer. He studied astronomy and physics at University College London, writing a dissertation on the production of positronium. While there, he worked at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory on atmospheric plasma physics. After completing his degree, he moved to Geneva and worked on the OPAL experiment at the European particle physics laboratory CERN.
Mark co–wrote the book You Call This The Future?, a look at the 50 best sciencefiction gadgets ever conceived and how they have become reality. He lives in Ampthill in Bedfordshire with his wife and two children.
Mark and Stephen are the authors of Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication.