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A Briefer History of Time

By Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow (Contributor), Glen M. Edelstein (Designer)

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| Paperback | 9780553385465

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Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the historyContinue

Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe. But it is also true that in the years since its publication, readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book’s most important concepts.

This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author’s wish to make its content more accessible to readers—as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings.

Although this book is literally somewhat “briefer,” it actually expands on the great subjects of the original. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. Conversely, subjects of wide interest that were difficult to follow because they were interspersed throughout the book have now been given entire chapters of their own, including relativity, curved space, and quantum theory.

This reorganization has allowed the authors to expand areas of special interest and recent progress, from the latest developments in string theory to exciting developments in the search for a complete unified theory of all the forces of physics. Like prior editions of the book—but even more so—A Briefer History of Time will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.


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  • Briefer But Not Simpler

    This book has revised from the previous one with more Quantum Theory development. The human brain has developed based on its curiosity and wanting to predict future with a simple set of rules.

    It seems the theories are getting more complex since Einstein had his General Theory of Relativity, which ... (continue)

    This book has revised from the previous one with more Quantum Theory development. The human brain has developed based on its curiosity and wanting to predict future with a simple set of rules.

    It seems the theories are getting more complex since Einstein had his General Theory of Relativity, which he wanted to find a unified theory and insisted the rules that guide the regulation of the Universe should be simple.

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    artie said on Jan 24, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • For non-science back-grounded students, nerds, christians, or housewives to learn more about the little invisible thing passes by us every single second.
    If you are offended, go read A Brief History of Time.

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    Kevin Lee said on Jul 2, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Read Brief in high school. Read this one for Philosophy of Natural Sciences class. This book is easier to read than writing an essay summarizing Holographic Universe Theory.

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    eudaemonian said on Mar 14, 2006 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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