The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe

When presented with a list of possible science-related book choices, immediately I thought of perhaps one of, if not the most commonly debated issue in the world: the creation of the Earth and the processes involved in such a daunting task. With a scientific topic in mind I then searched for related books that involve the Big Bang theory (the most widely accepted view of life's origins); however, I was unsuccessful in finding a book that was both intriguing and yet simplistic enough that someone (such as myself) with a limited scientific knowledge could extract the information and gain a thorough understanding of the process. Discouraged by a lack of suitable books that met such "requirements", I asked Mr. Clark for his recommendation of a related book, thus I discovered The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe. The novel was written by renowned physicist Steven Weinberg, a physicist at the University of Texas at Austin, whose research and breakthroughs in relation to electromagnetism led to him being awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize in Physics. Weinberg is widely respected within the scientific and "lay" community alike, as his book allowed the common person to understand the creation of the universe and as such, his book is now translated in over 25 different languages.