The First Three Minutes

by Steven Weinberg · 1977

Steven Weinberg's account of the early universe and the first minutes after the Big Bang.

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Steven Weinberg · Nobel physicist

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Steven WeinbergNobel physicist

Theoretical physicist and author of public and technical physics books.

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Stephen Hawking Theoretical physicist

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Documented citation: Wikipedia quotes Hawking's acknowledgments to A Brief History of Time describing The First Three Minutes as a very good existing book about the early universe.

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The reception section quotes Hawking's acknowledgments to A Brief History of Time, where he describes The First Three Minutes as one of the very good books about the early universe.

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