Big Bang (book)
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Big Bang: The most important scientific discovery of all time and why you need to know about it is a book written by Simon Singh and published in 2004 by Fourth Estate.
Big Bang chronicles the history and development of the Big Bang model of the universe, from the ancient Greek scientists who first measured the distance to the sun, to the 20th century detection of the cosmic radiation still echoing the dawn of time.
In parallel to the evolution of the Big Bang theory, the book tells the personal stories of the people who played a part in advancing it, both by hypothesis and by experiment. These include Einstein, Lemaître, Friedmann, Hubble, Gamow, Alpher, Herman, Ryle, Penzias and Wilson, among many others.
Another theme of the book is the scientific method itself: how serendipity, curiosity, theory and observation come together to expand our understanding of the world.
