The first up-to-date book written for the popular enthusiast market which describes the development of modern particle physics and its importance in improving our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe.

Explains to the reader how theories in both particle physics and cosmology have developed over an extended timeline to provide our current view of the big bang origin of the universe Demonstrates how discoveries relating to the very smallest and largest structures in the universe are intimately related Reviews the latest, most up-to-date research and discoveries in both particle physics and cosmology Highlights the continuing efforts to find a 'theory of everything', and the recent surprising discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating

Inhalt
Expanding Universe.- Within the Atom.- The Big Bang.- Do we live in a black hole?