Peter Coles is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham and author of Einstein and the Birth
of Big Science and Stephen Hawking and the Mind of God. He has co-written two textbooks on cosmology, and over
a hundred technical articles on various aspects of the Big Bang theory.
Summary
Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and
development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and
explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the
development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and
dark matter.
