Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

An excellent book! A summarize of the history of cosmology. All of the story flows like a river, you cant stop reading it unless you force yourself to. The scientific explanation is simple and clear, perfect for people who has no background on cosmology.

Simon Singh really knows how to bring the readers to enjoy the journey. He brings you from how human understand earth is round; distance to moon, sun, and stars; earth centered model and sun centered model; newtonian and einsteinian gravity; single galaxy and multi-galaxy universe; and finally steady state model of universe and dynamic evolving model of universe (big bang).

This book is not only about the scientific explanations, it includes the history and the developments of the theory, complete with intense debate between scientists when they defending their models.

I really enjoyed this book, as much as i enjoyed his other book: Fermat's Enigma. Easily put to my favorite shelves and would love to recommend this book to my friends and colleagues.