'The Big Bang' is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the greatest discovery in the history of science - the birth of the universe. Written by award-winning broadcaster and cosmologist Marcus Chown, 'The Big Bang' details how 13.82 billion years ago all matter, energy, space - and even time - erupted into being in a titanic fireball. Inside you'll learn how scientists have approached the questions: What was the big bang? What drove the big bang? And what happened before the big bang? The evidence it turns out, is all around us.