First Light

«First Light» is a scientific journey into the earliest times of the Universe. Author Emma Chapman invites us on a voyage through the past, to a time when the Universe was just beginning to form and the first light appeared. The book explains complex scientific concepts such as the Big Bang, the Dark Ages, and the first stars in a simple and understandable language. The author describes the latest discoveries in cosmology that allow us to peer into the distant past of the Universe. The reader will learn about the formation of the first stars, which were millions of times more massive than our Sun, and how their death influenced the subsequent development of the Universe. The book is rich in illustrations that help visualize the scale of the Universe and the processes that took place within it.