The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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In the beginning, there was fire — and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg was there to explain it. The First Three Minutes is a landmark work of popular science that reconstructs, with breathtaking precision, the extraordinary cosmic events that unfolded in the first 180 seconds after the Big Bang. Weinberg guides the reader through a universe of unimaginable heat and density, charting the sequence of particle interactions, energy shifts, and elemental formations that gave rise to the cosmos we inhabit today. Written for the general reader, the narrative balances rigorous scientific detail with an accessibility that prompted Isaac Asimov to declare it the first book to put the details of the origin of the universe within the grasp of the general reader. Weinberg writes with the authority of one of the 20th century's foremost theoretical physicists, and his prose carries both intellectual clarity and a quiet sense of wonder at the profound questions science strives to answer. This updated edition reinforces the book's enduring significance in the canon of cosmological literature, presenting the physics of the early universe not as abstract theory, but as a gripping detective story written in light, heat, and time. It remains an essential text for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and asked: how did all of this begin?
Author: Steven Weinberg
Format: Paperback
Genre: Physics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the beginning, there was fire — and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg was there to explain it. The First Three Minutes is a landmark work of popular science that reconstructs, with breathtaking precision, the extraordinary cosmic events that unfolded in the first 180 seconds after the Big Bang. Weinberg guides the reader through a universe of unimaginable heat and density, charting the sequence of particle interactions, energy shifts, and elemental formations that gave rise to the cosmos we inhabit today. Written for the general reader, the narrative balances rigorous scientific detail with an accessibility that prompted Isaac Asimov to declare it the first book to put the details of the origin of the universe within the grasp of the general reader. Weinberg writes with the authority of one of the 20th century's foremost theoretical physicists, and his prose carries both intellectual clarity and a quiet sense of wonder at the profound questions science strives to answer. This updated edition reinforces the book's enduring significance in the canon of cosmological literature, presenting the physics of the early universe not as abstract theory, but as a gripping detective story written in light, heat, and time. It remains an essential text for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and asked: how did all of this begin?