Alpha and Omega: the Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe.(Book Review)

From: Science News | Date: August 9, 2003 | Copyright information

CHARLES SEIFE

The author of Zero now turns his attention to the realm of cosmology, providing readers an overview of several Theories of Everything being postulated today. Beginning with some historical background, Seife explains how the Copernican notion that Earth isn't the center of universe was spawned by the birth of the telescope. He fast-forwards to a second cosmological revolution led by Edwin Hubble, who launched the Big Bang theory and the concept of an expand...

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