Los Angeles Times Summer Reading Pick

A “fascinating read” that explores theories for the origin of the universe from throughout history (New Scientist).

“Clegg follows the footsteps of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time and Timothy Ferris’s Coming of Age in the Milky Way. He shares his predecessors’ enthusiasm, eloquence and ability to explain complex ideas but provides a bonus by covering startling developments of the past decade. Anyone looking for an introduction to or a refresher course in cosmology need look no further.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Longlisted for the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, Shortlisted for Physics World's Book of the Year, The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014, and An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014

Renowned astrophysicist Caleb Scharf takes us on a scientific adventure, from tiny microbes within the Earth to distant exoplanets, probability theory, and beyond.

Covering 13.8 billion years in 100 pages, a geophysicist crafts a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.

“For determined minds hoping for cogent, clever explanations for what we know of the history of the universe, Bercovici nails it.” —Shelf Awareness

One of the Best Physics Books of 2013, Cocktail Party Physics Blog, Scientific American

In this captivating saga of scientific discovery, Ray Jayawardhana reveals why the next decade of neutrino hunting will redefine how we think about physics, cosmology, and our lives on Earth.

“Neutrino Hunters paints a vivid portrait of this new astronomy for the twenty-first century and the fascinating scientists who put it into place.” —Marcia Bartusiak, author of The Day We Found the Universe