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The First Three Minutes
- Author
- Steven Weinberg
- Narrator
- Raymond Todd
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 November 2022
- Run Time
- 5 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
“Science writing at its best.” ―New York Review of Books
Our universe has been growing for nearly fourteen billion years. But almost everything about it can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of its existence.
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 earliest period of time in the history of the universe―and goes through Einstein’s 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 universe.
Clearly and accessibly written, The First Three Minutes is a modern-day classic, an unsurpassed explanation of where it is that everything really comes from.
Critics Review
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"The book is the first I have seen to put the details, both historical and conceptual, of the origin of the Universe within the grasp of the general reader... As such, it is a tremendous service to us all."
—Isaac Asimov -
"His book is science writing at its best."
—Martin Gardner, New York Review of Books -
"Weinberg builds such a convincing case...that one comes away from his book feeling not only that the idea of an original cosmic explosion is not crazy but that any other theory appears scientifically irrational."
—Jeremy Bernstein, New Yorker -
"A most remarkable achievement...presented with clarity...and great scientific accuracy."
—T.D. Lee, Nobel Laureate in Physics
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Details
- Author
- Steven Weinberg
- Narrator
- Raymond Todd
- Duration
- 5 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 November 2022
- ISBN
- 9781668612149
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Astrophysics, Cosmology and the universe, Astronomy, space and time, Science: general issues, Teaching of a specific subject, History of science
Synopsis
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know“Science writing at its best.” ―New York Review of Books   Our universe has been growing for nearly fourteen billion years. But almost everything about it can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of its existence. 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 earliest period of time in the history of the universe―and goes through Einstein’s 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 universe. Clearly and accessibly written, The First Three Minutes is a modern-day classic, an unsurpassed explanation of where it is that everything really comes from.
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