"Peebles is the best possible guide to the long and winding road that is the twentieth century's development of understanding the universe. His contributions are right at the center of this tale that now leads reasonable people to think the universe is governed by a tug-of-war between the unseen forces of dark matter and dark energy. Cosmology's Century is a mirror for practitioners and a window for the curious."—Robert P. Kirshner, author of The Extravagant Universe"A wonderful, rich, and riveting account of the history of modern cosmology by a key player who shaped the field. Peebles writes with characteristic clarity and humility. An absolute must-read for all."—Priyamvada Natarajan, astrophysicist and author of Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos"Peebles is universally admired among cosmologists as one of the true greats of our time, able to navigate between the abstractions of relativity and the realism of astronomy. As only Peebles could, he carries us from the discovery of a big bang to the precipice of a far future of continued exploration in an enthralling yet knowable cosmos."—Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space"Peebles offers a remarkable account of how, over the course of a century, researchers in several disparate areas of physics, astronomy, and cosmology pursued questions about the nature and evolution of the universe. Cosmology's Century is a welcome and valuable tour of a fascinating intellectual adventure."—David Kaiser, author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival"A century of big ideas and powerful instruments has led us to the current model of our universe, with its inflationary beginning, cosmic structure built by the gravity of dark-matter particles, and accelerated expansion caused by dark energy. Cosmology's Century is a firsthand account of that remarkable period by Jim Peebles, who led this grand adventure with his manifold contributions and broad influence. A must-read for any serious student of cosmology."—Michael S. Turner, Kavli Foundation and University of Chicago"Jim Peebles has surely contributed more to the history of our understanding of the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe than anyone else still in a position to write about it; so written about it he has, and magnificently!"—Virginia Trimble, Former President, International Astronomical Union, Division of Galaxies and the Universe"An inspiring history of cosmic ideas."—Joseph Silk, author of The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology"Peebles offers a broad and deep description of cosmology, presenting the history of the field as well as many of the side turns, dead ends, and wrong paths that researchers explored along the way. I really enjoyed reading this book."—David W. Hogg, New York University