Deep Simplicity
by John Gribbin | 
13.8
by John Gribbin | 
Alone in the Universe
by John Gribbin |
In Search of the Multiverse
by John Gribbin |
Before the Beginning
by Martin Rees | 
Afterglow of Creation
by Marcus Chown |
Wrinkles in Time
by George Smoot |
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul Davies |
The Origin Of The Universe
by John D. Barrow | 
The Book of Universes
by John D. Barrow |
The Whole Shebang
by Timothy Ferris | 
Alpha and Omega
by Charles Seife | 
The Extravagant Universe
by Robert P. Kirshner |
The 4 Percent Universe
by Richard Panek |
In Search of the Big Bang
by John Gribbin | 
The Five Ages of the Universe
by Fred Adams | 
How the Universe Got Its Spots
by Janna Levin | 
The First Three Minutes
by Steven Weinberg |
Endless Universe
by Paul J. Steinhardt | 
The Fellowship
by John Gribbin |
How old is the universe? This engrossing book recounts how scientists have achieved the definitive answer to one of the great scientific mysteries of our time. Research astronomer John Gribbin tells the story of the struggle to determine the age of the universe and offers an insider's view of the thrilling breakthrough of the 1990s, when Hubble Space Telescope data revealed that the universe is between 13 and 16 billion years old -- older by at least one billion years than the oldest stars.