A Briefer History Of Time

A Briefer History Of Time Stephen Hawking; Leonard Mlodinow Additional Author mixed material bibliography Bantam Books 2005 162 A Briefer History of Time (2005, ISBN 0-553-80436-7) is a popular-science book from the English physicist Stephen Hawking and the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow. It is an update and rewrite of Hawking's 1988 A Brief History of Time. In this book Hawking and Mlodinow try to present quantum mechanics, string theory, the big bang theory, and other topics in a more accessible fashion to the general public. The book is updated with newly discovered topics, and informs of recurring subjects throughout the book in greater detail. It is a science classic made more accessible, more concise, illustrated, and is updated with the latest research of the time. The authors address the nature of space and time, and the history and future of the universe. [edit] Contents 1. Thinking About the Universe 2. Our Evolving Picture of the Universe 3. The Nature of a Scientific Theory 4. Newton's Universe 5. Relativity 6. Curved Space 7. The Expanding Universe 8. The Big Bang, Black Holes, and the Evolution of the Universe 9. Quantum Gravity 10. Wormholes and Time Travel 11. The Forces of Nature and the Unification of Physics 12. Conclusions Also available in audiobook (mp3) Cosmology UK 553804367 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 523.1 HAW Bri 681 C2O library & collabtive (Science) 8000 ABrieferHistoryOfTimeSt5680_f.jpg 681 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated