Genesis of the Big Bang

Preface 1. An Overview of the Big Bang Model 2. Cosmology before the Big Bang Model 3. Development of the Current Big Bang Model 4. Some Alternatives Proposed for the Big Bang Model 5. The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation 6. Inflation and the Very Early Universe 7. Further Discussion of Alternatives 8. Future of the Universe 9. The Anthropic Principle 10. Epilogue Mathematical Appendices: Line Element and the Energy Equation, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Age of the Universe, The Planck Numbers, The Uncertainty Principle, "Divine Curves", The Density Ratio Omega Appendix - Recommended Reading List