One of the biggest questions in science has always been how the universe formed. Over the last century, we've made a lot of progress about understanding the way it has developed: The Big Bang Model. With the most sophisticated telescopes ever built, scientists have now made measurements confirming the accuracy of this model within just moments of when the universe began.
Despite all this evidence, the question remains: What actually started the whole process?
Physics actually does have an answer to this question - one which doesn't require the intervention of a creator deity - and in his newest book physicist Lawrence Krauss lays the explanation out in language that is accessible to non-scientists. If this sounds interesting, check out our review of Krauss's A Universe From Nothing.
If you've read the book, then be sure to let us know what you thought of it. Could the laws of quantum physics and relativity have created the universe as we know it? Is God a necessary component of the universe?