Before The Big Bang The Origin Of Our Universe From The Multiverse

Before the Big Bang: The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse Description : "A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington PostA revolutionary new account of our universe’s... More

Before the Big Bang: The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse Description : "A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington PostA revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation—and a breathtaking exploration of the landscape from which we sprang—from one of the world’s most celebrated cosmologistsWhat came before the Big Bang, and what exists outside of the universe it created? Until recently, scientists could only guess at what lay past the edge of space-time. However, as pioneering theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton explains, new scientific tools are now giving us the ability to peer beyond the limits of our universe and to test our theories about what is there. And what we are finding is upending everything we thought we knew about the cosmos and our place in it.Mersini-Houghton is no stranger to boundaries—or to pushing through them. As a child growing up in Comm Less