TY - BOOK AU - Impey,Chris TI - How it began: a time-traveler's guide to the universe SN - 9780393080025 (hardcover) AV - QB982 .I47 2012 U1 - 523.1/2 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Cosmology KW - Popular works KW - Space and time N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Separated at birth -- Planetary zoo -- Distant worlds -- Stellar nursery -- The edge of darkness -- Island universe -- Cosmic architecture -- Nuclear power -- The growth of galaxies -- Light and life -- Big bang -- White heat -- Something rather than nothing -- Unification and inflation -- Multiverse N2 - In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang ER -