Universe From Nothing Paperback – 1 January 2013

This was my first book that I bought in order to understand the universe and I found this book so useful and very informative. If you want to know how the universe bigins, go for this book because book is written in very lucid way.

There is a deep sense of curiosity in most of us on how the universe came to be. If we manage to determine that, it would be the pinnacle of human intellect & achievement, I think. Lawrence argues in the book how science has progressed enough to explain how the universe grew from ‘Nothing’. A note of warning though – this ‘Nothing’ assumes the existence of space and the laws of physics already being in place. This (as the author notes as well), is not the ‘Nothing’ many of us will assume this to be. The absolute ‘Nothing’ which some or many of us understand differently also finds some limited discussion towards the end of the book.The book traces the progress we have made in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. I found the concepts of the flat, closed and open universe to be fascinating. The discussion around this and the implications for the future of the universe makes for very engrossing reading. The author mentions that we are at the best possible time to determine the secrets of the universe, since as we go on – the expansion would tear apart galaxies and greatly diminish the remnants of the big bang. This is interesting – indicating we should be investing more in cosmology now.As one would expect, it is not that the book has all the answers – after all science itself does not yet. The creation of the universe from nothing or the possibility of a multiverse finds some discussion towards the end of the book. There is some barely disguised disdain for string theory – which I share as well since it comes as force fitted, excessively complex and detached from reality to me.I found parts of the book to be a bit dense / less readable, nor did I find much of the humour the synopsis of the book mentions.The book is intellectually stimulating and does well to bring advances in cosmology together in a crisp narrative.

The basic message is fantastic. It is great to know the possibilities presented by modern physics.

A fantastic book that talks about the modern developments in the cosmology and the creation of universe. The lucid presentation of these modern cosmological ideas gives us a good understanding of the physics behind the possible creation process.

The book in spite of some inadequacies is intellectually stimulating. As a layman, I cannot comment on the verifiability or falsifiability of many of the cosmological concepts or hypotheses presented in the book. However, these offer many exciting options to the human race. For example, the dark energy could be utilised for space travel in future. Let us not forget, we can survive only and only if, we succeed in travelling far distances in the space and make human colonies on inhabitable interstellar planets.

If you are new into Cosmology and want to know how the universe came into what we see today. I will definitely recommend you this book!Lawrence Krause featured in many videos of 'How The Universe Works'.This book can be compared with 'The Elegant Universe' by Brian Greene but only if you are interested in string theory.I would prefer any reader to start from 'The Theory of Everything' by Stephen Hawking small book but with plenty of information if read properly then go for this book itself and for more knowledge go for another theory rather than General Relativity which will be string theory which can be confusing for new readers.This book contains very fundamental topics how to define our universe in the present state which is dependant on the past.

Just searching a book on Science and God I find this book and purchased through Amazon. I found much in this book I was looking for. No doubt it is moderm physics and cosmology that is assertive in answering the complex questions on existence of God.

Krauss tells us that not only does something arise from nothing, Someting Will always Always arise From NothingThat is, in the world of quantum physics. He tells with great wit and knowledge how our Universe is expanding, and will in allprobability keep expanding. We are at a lucky time in the evolution of the universe in that we can configure the beginning with the Big Bang, and also ha ve a vision horizon of 13.72 billion years , which is how old the Universe probably is Maybe alien intelligences will not see the Universe thus. The Universe will expand and the Beginning may confound them mentally, and the expansion will leave such vast spaces that there will be even more empty space than now. Not Empty though----- full of dark energy. Read it---it's fascinating !!!