Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

A popular-level and polemical version of the 2000 book, co-authored by the late "steady statesman" Fred Hoyle, aiming to expand the minuscule band of scientists who think that mainstream cosmology is all wrong. Rotsa ruck, guys -- your insinuation that the prevailing "prejudice" for the Big Bang theory stems from the influence of Western religions is ridiculous and offensive.

This was my first serious introduction into gravity and general relativity. The book does not go into any serious GTR or the math, but introduces cosmology and the results of cosmology namely white dwarfs, black holes, neutron stars, pulsars, quasors, cosmic background radiation and so on. It is aimed at the common man, but dont expect any personal info about any scientists - the book focusses only on the science. A great book to get you started into more serious studies of GR and cosmology.

A 'hard' sciences perspective. An amusing story here: http://www.purao.net/wiki/Scientific_edge_excerpt

An interesting and mathematically sophisticated sour-grapes diatribe, but a sour-grapes diatribe nonetheless. Seems that a minuscule group of adherents of the steady-state idea will always be with us.