The Little Book of the Big Bang: A Cosmic Primer

by Craig J. Hogan

Book Overview

Here is a concise, understandable guide for everyone who has long wondered what the cosmologists are talking about. Succinctly and simply, Craig Hogan explains what happened in the Big Bang (and how we know), why we think the universe is expanding, and what its fate may be. He explains such terms as "cosmic inflation", "cosmic background radiation," and "dark matter" and shows why they're important. Everyone who is mystified by news stories about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387983856
• ISBN13: 9780387983851
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Big overview for a little book

Easy to read but fairly complete overview of the Big Bang.

Coherent, understandable explanations of big-bang-cosmology

An excellent book for readers with basic knowledge and interest in physics and "physical thinking". It gives a complete, understandable picture of cosmic evolution and the theories which (try to) describe it, and it took away my idea of cosmology as some kind of mysterious physics.

Interesting, informative, and manageable.

I'm not a physicist but do read much of this "popular" science. I found this book readable and informative. The last full chapter on the inflationary universe (repulsive gravity) is particularly fascinating.