The Big Bang (GREAT IDEAS OF SCIENCE)

The surprising thing to me about this book is that only a very few years ago the material here was the subject of only the deepest thinkers in physics and cosmology. This is material that is more advanced than what I was taught in college. Now this material is produced in a form suitable for a young audience.The wording, the explanations, the selection of what to present in this small book is excellent. It presents todays standard model of cosmology, that is, the most recent theories of how the universe was formed from the big bang theory itself to the people who helped to develop the theories.I do not know the background of the author, but I have rarely seen such simple and clear explanations of such a complex subject. Nor do I know the age level for which this book was intended, but I know a lot of adults that would learn something from it.