The First Three Minutes [Paperback]

Steven Weinberg (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (July 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553246828
• ISBN-13: 978-0553246827
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,495,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nobel Laureate explains the beginnings of time, January 14, 2005

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This review is from: The First Three Minutes (Paperback)

This short book is very accessible to smart high school level or undergrad level people interested in cosmology. Narry an equation nor 'physics jargon' to be found anywhere. Not even any latent promotion of "big science," experimental rather than theoretical physics. Weinberg was one of the big proponents of the Super Collider.

Given Weinberg's credentials, I am confident that this book is accurate and true to the time it was written. Much work (and observation) has been achieved since then. Check out the magazine "Sky and Telescope" for news, articles, and wonderful images from space telescopes (Hubble, Chandra, others) to get updates on news about the early time of the cosmos.

This book is a clear, led-by-the-hand but not patronizing tour of how the cosmos got started, who the major theorists were if you want to do further reading (such as Alan Guth's Inflation theory, which I will get to someday. It's not as easy to read) and is well written, too.