![]() As compelling as it is intriguing."-Publishers Weekly "Krauss possesses a rare talent for making the hardest ideas in astrophysics accessible to the layman, due in part to his sly humor. ![]() A thoughtful, challenging book."-Kirkus "Lively and humorous as well as informative. 'We are like the early terrestrial mapmakers, ' Krauss writes, puzzling out what was once solely the province of our imaginations."-Mother Jones "The author delivers plenty of jolts in this enthusiastic and lucid but demanding overview of the universe, which includes plenty of mysteries-but its origin isn't among them. There's some intellectual heavy lifting here-Einstein is the main character, after all-but the concepts are articulated clearly, and the thrill of discovery is contagious. ![]() In fact, something big happens to you during this book about cosmic nothing, and before you can help it, your mind will be expanding as rapidly as the early universe."-Sam Kean, author of The Disappearing Spoon "With its mind-bending mechanics, Krauss argues, our universe may indeed have appeared from nowhere, rather than at the hands of a divine creator. Thankfully, Lawrence Krauss didn't listen. ![]() Recommended."-Library Journal "People always say you can't get something from nothing. "His arguments for the birth of the universe out of nothingness from a physical, rather than theological, beginning not only are logical but celebrate the wonder of our natural universe. ![]()
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