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

Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? From Galileo and Newton to modern astrophysics, from the breathtakingly cast to the extraordinarily tiny, Professor Hawking leads us on an exhilarating journey to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions--as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. From the vantage point of the wheelchair from which he has spent more than twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Stephen Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. Cogently explained, passionately revealed, A Brief History of Time is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge: the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space. 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 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. 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. Our Picture Of The Universe -- Space And Time -- The Expanding Universe -- The Uncertainty Principle -- Elementary Particles And The Forces Of Nature -- Black Holes -- Black Holes Ain't So Black -- The Origin And Fate Of The Universe -- The Arrow Of Time -- The Unification Of Physics. Stephen W. Hawking ; Introduction By Carl Sagan ; Illustrations By Ron Miller. Includes Index. 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.