![]() ![]() In this provocative and widely praised volume, two internationally acclaimed astronomers show nonspecialist readers how the latest scientific research is helping to solve one of humankind's oldest riddles: the origins of the universe. The left hand of creation has a long reach indeed, extending from the beginning of time to the miracles of life we witness everyday. The helical structures of our own genetic material predominantly spiral to the left few right-turning counterparts exist. And this decay of symmetry is reflected in the building blocks of organic life as well. ![]() For every neutrino that now spins to the left, there was once one that spun to the right: these parallel twins were destroyed in the "Big Bang," that cosmic apocalypse that, most scientists now agree, created the universe. ![]() This elementary, subatomic particle carries with it not only an uncanny reminder of a time eons ago when symmetries were perfect, but also a clue as to how they came to be broken. ![]()
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