The Inflationary Universe

Discover the origins of the universe and the groundbreaking discovery of physicist Alan Guth in this gripping firsthand account. Guth's paradigm-shifting theory, considered one of the most significant scientific contributions of the 20th century, proposes that the big bang was sparked by a hyper-rapid "inflation" lasting only a fraction of a second. Travel from Guth's early days as a researcher to his status as a physics superstar in this passionate, moving story of scientific discovery.