A review by scott_h_119
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe by Steven Weinberg

4.0

I've read a lot of books about physics, relativity, elementary particles, the universe, black holes, astronomy, cosmology and the Big Bang theory. Some of them are hard to penetrate. Some of them are written below my level of understanding. This thin volume manages to find the right balance, never really losing me in the process (although it does include the higher maths in an appendix if that's your thing). This book - a long pamphlet really - gives me a much better understanding of the earliest moments of the universe in a way I never had before. It's a much better resolution of vision into the events of the first minute, 3:45, thirty-four minutes of existence. Recommended.