Alan Guth

The book is more interesting than the field it describes - or so is my opinion of it. I have studied Physics to degree level, and I am happy to concede that I have little clue about the science behind the Inflationary Principal. That said, as popular science books go, this is quite interesting, and well-written.

Guth does a grand job of relating the affairs and lives of scientists searching for the truth of cosmic origins - those ideas might be well out of reach for most of us, but at least show more the characters behind the story are human. show less

Soylentgreen23 hit it on the head when he/she praised the human characters in this very readable 'autobiography'. After re-reading the book, the physics became clearer, though still 90% submersed in specialized knowledge.