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A Brief History of Time by Carl Sagan, Stephen W. Hawking (1988, Hardcover, Reissue) 
A Brief History of Time by Carl Sagan, Stephen W. Hawking (1988, Hardcover, Reissue)

 
A Brief History of Time by Carl Sagan, Stephen W. Hawking (1988, Hardcover, Reissue)

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 055305340X
ISBN-13: 9780553053401
Product ID: EPID840874
Description: Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos and all the puzzles, paradoxes, and contradictions still unresolved. He explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries and takes the reader through Einstein's general theory of relativity and...
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Synopsis
Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos and all the puzzles, paradoxes, and contradictions still unresolved. He explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries and takes the reader through Einstein's general theory of relativity and on to quantum mechanics. Finally, he explores the worldwide effort to combine the two into a single quantum theory of gravity, the unified theory, which should resolve all the mysteries left unsolved.

Details
Publication Date:1988-04-01
Illustrator:Ron Miller
Edition Description:Reissue

Size
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:15.2 oz

Publisher's Note
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.

Industry Reviews
"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."
Vanity Fair - Timothy Ferris

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