How do you investigate a beginning nobody witnessed?

Most of the hydrogen in a glass of water has a history reaching back to the early universe. The gold in a ring was made in extraordinary events before Earth formed. Ordinary objects carry clues to a history far older than us.

In this first book of Understanding Universe, Lovepreet Singh follows those clues from ancient light to stars and our own planet. You will meet the scientists who investigated an unexplained signal, learn how light reveals what distant objects are made of, and explore where the evidence for life's beginnings runs out.

Written in simple English, with clear diagrams and activities you can try, The Beginning and the Evidence explains the science and shows how to question it. You can even work with public observations of the universe's ancient afterglow.

Includes ten chapters, seven diagrams, five evidence exercises, a glossary and 41 sources.