A Universe From Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781471112683
• eBook ISBN: 9781471112690
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why does anything exist? And how is it all going to end?
'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is the question atheists and scientists are always asked, and until now there has not been a satisfying scientific answer. Today, exciting scientific advances provide new insight into this cosmological mystery: not only can something arise from nothing, but something will always arise from nothing. A mind-bending trip back to the beginning of the beginning, A Universe from Nothing authoritatively presents the most recent evidence that explains how our universe evolved - and the implications for how it's going to end.
It will provoke, challenge, and delight readers to look at the most basic underpinnings of existence in a whole new way. In the words of Richard Dawkins: this could potentially be the most important scientific book since Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for A Universe from Nothing
• Also by Lawrence M. Krauss
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Epigraph page
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. A Cosmic Mystery Story: Beginnings
• 2. A Cosmic Mystery Story: Weighing the Universe
• 3. Light from the Beginning of Time
• 4. Much Ado About Nothing
• 5. The Runaway Universe
• 6. The Free Lunch at the End of the Universe
• 7. Our Miserable Future
• 8. A Grand Accident?
• 9. Nothing Is Something
• 10. Nothing Is Unstable
• 11. Brave New Worlds
• Epilogue
• Afterword by Richard Dawkins
• Index
• About the Author