The Left Hand of Creation

This work, by two internationally renowned astronomers, aims to reveal to the common reader the extraordinary sequence of events that have occurred from the moment of creation to the present. The authors explore how elementary particle physics and theories of modern cosmology confront each other in the origin and evolution of the expanding universe. They successfully wrote one of the most exciting and original accounts of what science can teach us about one of humanity's oldest enigmas: the origins of the universe.

In clear and accessible language, Barrow and Silk develop two parallel themes here - the important physical processes that occurred as the universe expanded and their influence on modern astronomical observations of the universe. The result is a fascinating book in which the latest scientific research and thought are creatively and poetically applied to the fundamental enigmas of existence.