{"product_id":"a-big-bang-in-a-little-room","title":"A Big Bang in a Little Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even intelligent life. A Big Bang in a Little Room takes the reader on a journey through the history of cosmology and unravels-particle by particle, theory by theory, and experiment by experiment-the ideas behind this provocative claim made by some of the most respected physicists alive today. Beyond simply explaining the science, \u003ci\u003eA Big Bang in a Little Room\u003c\/i\u003e also tells the story of the people who have been laboring for more than thirty years to make this seemingly impossible dream a reality. What has driven them to continue on what would seem, at first glance, to be a quixotic quest?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This mind-boggling book reveals that we can nurse other worlds in the tiny confines of a lab, raising a daunting prospect: Was our universe, too, brought into existence by a daring creator?","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41515393745074,"sku":"9780465065912","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/a-big-bang-in-a-little-room","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}