Big Bang

In this book, a great author of the genre explains the most famous and probably most important idea in the history of science with a clarity that no one has yet achieved. With fluid writing and a narrative filled with curious episodes, Simon Singh tells us the amazing story of the beginning of the cosmos.

The author

Simon Singh holds a PhD in particle physics from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer, he directed the BAFTA award-winning documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem and wrote the eponymous book. With several published works in the field of mathematical and scientific dissemination, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2003 for services rendered in the dissemination of science in schools and to the general public.