A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes

Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." Local Disk......Page 0 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking......Page 1 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 1......Page 3 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 2......Page 10 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 3......Page 22 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 4......Page 31 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 5......Page 36 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 6......Page 44 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 7......Page 53 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 8......Page 61 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 9......Page 72 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 10......Page 77 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 11......Page 82 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 12......Page 93 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Glossary......Page 97 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Acknowledgments......Page 101 Local Disk -1 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking 1 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 1 3 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 2 10 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 3 22 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 4 31 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 5 36 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 6 44 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 7 53 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 8 61 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 9 72 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 10 77 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 11 82 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Chapter 12 93 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Glossary 97 A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking... Acknowledgments 101 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 Stephen Hawking's ‘A Brief History of Time* has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues to captivate and inspire new readers each year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe. In the intervening twenty years there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and macro-cosmic world. Indeed, during that time cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age . Professor Hawking is one of the major scientists and thinkers to have contributed to this renaissance. 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. ????Provides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics