A Universe from Nothing : Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (Hardcover)

from Devil_llama

This is a good explanation of the state of knowledge on the Big Bang and the origin of the universe. Krauss begins by defining nothing, which seems intuitively easy, but is actually a source of much dissent between scientists, philosophers, and theologians. He then takes us on a trek back through...

from speljamr

A good overview of the current knowledge of cosmology. It sums up why something does spring up from nothing and how the universe needs no creator to exist. Since this is meant to be a book that the layman can understand, there does not seem to be any end notes or further reading list. I was a lit...

from pgiunta

Counted among the best of contemporary science popularizers, Dr. Lawrence Krauss presents an edifying and eminently readable guide through the scientific theories of cosmogony, as well as the history of scientific research and discovery on the topic, all to answer the question, “Is there truly su...

from slsmith101

I won't rehash what others have said much better than I could, but I will say that I found this book fascinating. Having never studied physics, I am a long way from understanding everything in this book, but I now have a much better idea of how the universe came to exist than I did before I read ...

from datrappert

Krauss does a marvelous job of explaining how we know what we know about the universe. For example, his explanation of how we know the universe is expanding is the clearest I have ever read. Which isn't to say that everything here is clear--this is complicated stuff, and sometimes the explanation...