Over 13 billion tears ago, from a point smaller than the size of a single atom the universe was born, and it continues to expand with every passing second. BEYOND THE BIG BANG tells the story of how mathematicians and physicists postulated, and then tested this amazing model of the cosmos' origins. Interviews with some of the top minds in science combined with stunning, computer generated recreations of the very first seconds of the universe, come toegther in a beautiful exploration that dares to answer the question: How did the universe begin?