The Inflationary Universe

The Inflationary Universe

Just about everyone in the scientific community accepts the theory that our universe began in a "big bang"--but that theory leaves numerous unanswered questions about why the cosmos formed in just the manner we observe today. In <i>The Inflationary Universe,</i> physicist Alan Guth recounts his and others' struggle to expound a theory that could plug the gaps. The outcome is a theory of "inflation" that postulates that the universe underwent an incomprehensibly large expansion in the first fraction of a microsecond of its existence. With the perspective that only a first-person account could provide, <i>The Inflationary Universe</i> sheds light on a leading theory in humankind's continuing quest to understand the universe we live in.