Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe

by Brian May, Chris Lintott, Patrick Moore

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With one big bang, the universe exploded into being 13.7 million years ago. This is the story of how everything came about, from the moment when time and space came into existence, to the formation of the first stars, galaxies, and planets, to the evolution of human beings able to contemplate our own origins and ultimate destiny--and on to the infinite future, after the Red Giant Sun consumes Earth. Bang! explains it all in clear, straightforward terms, chronologically, without any mathematics, and including the most up-to-date discoveries. New in paperback.… (more)

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I don't think that lavishly illustrated, large-format intros are the inimitable Sir Patrick's usual style of extolling astronomy, but that's what we have here.

fpagan | Jul 24, 2008 |

I got this for Paul's birthday, to be fair mostly because I wanted to read it.

We read it together, taking it in turns to read out loud to each other, which was great fun, and we ended up discussing lots of things, with Paul explaining some of the stuff I didn't get in more detail. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
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Lintott, Chris	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
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With one big bang, the universe exploded into being 13.7 million years ago. This is the story of how everything came about, from the moment when time and space came into existence, to the formation of the first stars, galaxies, and planets, to the evolution of human beings able to contemplate our own origins and ultimate destiny--and on to the infinite future, after the Red Giant Sun consumes Earth. Bang! explains it all in clear, straightforward terms, chronologically, without any mathematics, and including the most up-to-date discoveries. New in paperback.

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