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A Brief History of Time
Reader Score
86%
86% of readers
recommend this book
Book Details
- Publisher: Bantam
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 1998
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: Anniversary - 0010
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 0.70in - 0.70lb
- EAN: 9780553380163
- Categories: • Space Science - Cosmology• Physics - Astrophysics
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About the Author
Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His books for the general reader include My Brief History, the classic A Brief History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Universe in a Nutshell, and, with Leonard Mlodinow, A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. Stephen Hawking died in 2018.
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What people are saying
Maria Popova is a blogger and cultural critic.
Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was published on this day in 1988. Besides revolutionizing how we understand science, it inspired one of the great poems of our time https://t.co/UeI6ImKtNX
Holy Grail of physics
“I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.” ― Stephen Hawking [A Brief History of Time] https://t.co/8jdBG70vTi
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Nevermind the fact I was bringing up people like Newton and Einstein and Kepler and Stephen Hawking (yeah, even referenced "Universe in a Nutshell" and "A Brief History of Time").
Praise for this book
"This book marries a child's wonder to a genius's intellect. We journey into Hawking's universe while marvelling at his mind."--The Sunday Times (London)
"Masterful."--The Wall Street Journal
"Charming and lucid . . . [A book of] sunny brilliance."--The New Yorker
"Lively and provocative . . . Mr. Hawking clearly possesses a natural teacher's gifts--easy, good-natured humor and an ability to illustrate highly complex propositions with analogies plucked from daily life."--The New York Times
"Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair, his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across the vastness of space and time to unlock the secrets of the universe."--Time
What people are saying
Maria Popova is a blogger and cultural critic.
Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was published on this day in 1988. Besides revolutionizing how we understand science, it inspired one of the great poems of our time https://t.co/UeI6ImKtNX
Holy Grail of physics
“I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.” ― Stephen Hawking [A Brief History of Time] https://t.co/8jdBG70vTi