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A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Stephen W Hawking
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780553380163 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
"A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic world, confirming many of Professor Hawking's predictions. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these observations, Hawking has written a new introduction, updated chapters throughout, and added an entirely new chapter on Wormholes and Time Travel.
"A Brief History of Time" has guided nonscientists everywhere to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe, taking them to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions — as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. This anniversary edition makes vividly clear why Professor Hawking's eloquent classic has transformed our view of the universe.
Review:
"Stephen Hawking has overcome a crippling disease to become the supernova of world physics. Unable to write or even speak clearly, he is leaping beyond relativity, beyond quantum mechanics, beyond the big bang, to the 'dance of geometry' that created the universe." Timothy Ferris, Vanity Fair
Review:
"With more than 240 color illustrations, including Hubble photographs and satellite images, this is a fascinating plunge into black holes, wormholes, time travel, particle physics, intergalactic oddities, and — no less dizzying — the head of an extraordinary scientist." Washington Post Book World
Synopsis:
Marking the tenth anniversary of a worldwide science classic, this fully updated edition is enriched with a new Introduction by Professor Hawking and an entirely new chapter on wormholes and time travel.
Synopsis:
A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in world-wide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. The original edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the ensuing years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro—and the macrocosmic world—observations that have confirmed many of Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book.
Now a decade later, this edition updates the chapters throughout to document those advances, and also includes an entirely new chapter on Wormholes and Time Travel and a new introduction. It make vividly clear why A Brief History of Time has transformed our view of the universe.
About the Author
Stephen Hawking is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge; his other books for the general reader include the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes and The Universe in a Nutshell.
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the cheese, March 24, 2006 (view all comments by the cheese)
the most important thing i've learned from this book is that the universe is like donuts.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780553380163
- Foreword:
- Hawking, Stephen
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Bantam Books
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- Astrophysics & Space Science
- Subject:
- Cosmology
- Subject:
- Astronomy - Universe
- Copyright:
- 1998
- Edition Number:
- 10
- Edition Description:
- Anniversary
- Publication Date:
- September 1998
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 8.96x6.12x.60 in. .69 lbs.
