by James S. Trefil · Scribner · tapa dura · ISBN 9780684179636
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«The Moment of Creation» is a popular science essay by James S. Trefil, published by Scribner in hardcover (234 pages, in English).
The book explains how, since the discoveries of the 1920s, physics has attempted to reconstruct the history of the universe up to the moment of the Big Bang. It reviews the problems of the theory, elementary particles and quarks, the unification of forces, inflation, relic particles, and the final fate of the universe.
First edition published in New York in 1983, with illustrations by Gloria Walters and an index.
For readers interested in cosmology, astrophysics, and the history of early-universe physics.
James Stanley Trefil is an American physicist and author of nearly fifty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. He has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and, since 1988, as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. Among his books is Are We Unique?, an argument for human uniqueness in which he questions the comparisons between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Trefil has also given presentations to judges and public officials about the intersections between science and the law.
