A brief history of time
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-1998
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Review: "In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected."--BOOK JACKET."Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these observations, as well as his own recent research, Professor Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, written an entirely new chapter on wormholes and time travel, and updated the chapters throughout."--BOOK JACKET.
Main title:
A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking.
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Edition:
Updated and expanded tenth anniversary ed.
Imprint:
New York ; Sydney : Bantam, 1998, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index and glossary.
Contents:
Ch. 1. Our Picture of the Universe -- Ch. 2. Space and Time -- Ch. 3. The Expanding Universe -- Ch. 4. The Uncertainty Principle -- Ch. 5. Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature -- Ch. 6. Black Holes -- Ch. 7. Black Holes Ain't So Black -- Ch. 8. The Origin and Fate of the Universe -- Ch. 9. The Arrow of Time -- Ch. 10. Wormholes and Time Travel -- Ch. 11. The Unification of Physics -- Ch. 12. Conclusion -- Albert Einstein -- Galileo Galilei -- Isaac Newton.
ISBN:
9780553109535
Dewey class:
523.1
Language:
English
BRN:
257251
Electronic access:
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 523.1 HAW | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 523.1 HAW | Available |