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A Brief History of Time Subtitle: Illustrated Author: [British] Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time Subtitle: Illustrated Author: [British] Stephen Hawking
Description
Introduction · · · · · ·
"A Brief History of Time" tells the story of exploring the core secrets of time and space. It is the most cutting-edge knowledge about the nature of the universe, including our cosmic image, space and time, the uncertainty principle of the expanding universe, elementary particles and natural forces, black holes, black holes are not so black, the arrow of time, etc. Many theoretical predictions in the first edition were later confirmed in observations of the microscopic or macroscopic universe.
Since its first edition in 1988, A Brief History of Time has become a milestone in global scientific writing. It has been translated into 40 languages and sold nearly 10 million copies. This edition has updated the content, incorporating new knowledge revealed by many observations and Hawking's latest research, and is accompanied by 250 photos and computer-generated three-dimensional and four-dimensional space diagrams.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Stephen Hawking (1942- ) is currently the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He is widely regarded as the most outstanding theoretical physicist after Einstein. Hawking's major works include A Brief History of Time, The Hawking Lectures: Black Holes, Baby Universes and Beyond, and The Universe in a Nutshell.