The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe

We live in a golden age of cosmology, which is the science that deals with the origin and development of the universe. As remarkable as it may seem, researchers have assembled a detailed description of events that occurred 13.8 billion years ago, when the universe as we know it got its start. The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe tells this breathtaking story in 12 half-hour lectures for nonscientists, presented by award-winning educator Gary Felder, Professor of Physics at Smith College. Professor Felder takes you from the Big Bang to the formation of the first elements and the condensation of the earliest stars. Covering settled science as well as bold but, as of yet, unproven speculations, The Big Bang and Beyond will change the way you think about the starry heavens, and even reality itself. Relying on minimal mathematics, Professor Felder employs innovative graphics and analogies to convey truly awe-inspiring ideas.