A Universe from Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss | 
Endless Universe
by Paul J. Steinhardt |
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul Davies | 
The Book of Universes
by John D. Barrow |
Many Worlds in One
by Alex Vilenkin | 
The Hidden Reality
by Brian Greene |
Wrinkles in Time
by George Smoot |
In Search of the Big Bang
by John Gribbin | 
Alpha and Omega
by Charles Seife | 
Just Six Numbers
by Martin Rees |
The 4 Percent Universe
by Richard Panek |
The Origin Of The Universe
by John D. Barrow |
Before the Beginning
by Martin Rees |
The Inflationary Universe
by Alan Guth |
The Whole Shebang
by Timothy Ferris | 
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
by Richard P. Feynman | 
Physics of the Impossible
by Michio Kaku | 
Black Holes and Time Warps
by Kip S. Thorne | 
Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur
by Tom Lancaster | 
Nightwatch
by Terence Dickinson |
With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin not only announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial new book but establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. For even as she sets out to determine how big "really big" may be, Levin gives us an intimate look at the day-to-day life of a globe-trotting physicist, complete with jet lag and romantic disturbances.