Before the Big Bang

I’m a scientist with an imagination. Where theory and evidence lead, I follow—even if the path ventures into exotic territory.

A routine description of the Big Bang isn’t enough for me. I already understand how our universe began. I want to know why it’s here. Where did it come from? Impossible to know, you may say, but hear me out.

Dr. Mersini-Houghton is a respected physicist on the cutting edge of cosmology who knows a lot about quantum fields (submicroscopic fluctuations that permeate our universe). As she dives into the world of the ultra-small, you’ll see, like I did, that… show more.

I love to keep growing and learning and this book blew my mind.

The author took complex concepts and made them understandable. The way she wove in her experience growing up under a dictatorship in Albania—the impact on her family and living under dire and frightening circumstances—enriched the book and put a human stamp on how she formed her theory. It turned the book into a quest just as exciting as any fantasy adventure.

The vast universe suddenly became infinitely greater: an endless multiverse. It’s not difficult to feel a hushed reverence and awe for the world we live in… show more.