Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and indexes.
Before the Big Bang -- The first particles -- Empty space -- Transitions -- The light of the Big Bang -- Structure and form -- Dark corners -- The end of time.
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What is the origin of the universe? What was there before the universe appeared? We are presently witnessing a second Copernican revolution: neither our Earth and Sun nor our galaxy nor even our universe is the end of all things. This account of recent developments in modern cosmology introduces how the Big Bang took place and what preceded it.
Before time began : the big bang and the emerging universe.