"A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of...
"A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic world, confirming many of Professor Hawking's predictions. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these observations, Hawking has written a new introduction, updated chapters throughout, and added an entirely new chapter on Wormholes and Time Travel.
"A Brief History of Time" has guided nonscientists everywhere to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe, taking them to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions — as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. This anniversary edition makes vividly clear why Professor Hawking's eloquent classic has transformed our view of the universe.
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Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God."
--Therese Littleton
From Library Journal
A new edition?with pictures?for those who couldn't fathom the original.
About Author
Stephen Hawking, who was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death in 1942, holds Isaac Newton's chair as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein, he is also the author of Black Holes and Baby Universes, a collection of essays published in 1993, as well as numerous scientific papers and books.
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0 有用 英恩 2011-04-16 17:53:24
多年后，还是觉得很深奥
0 有用 zhifeige 2011-12-10 10:56:06
其实，我想重复以前某位老师的话：那些在书架上放着这本书的人，并自称读完这本书的人，大多都是在装逼，因为这本书真的很难懂。
0 有用 黑胡椒 2014-11-25 02:00:12
没想到写的如此深入浅出。。。
0 有用 pubb 2012-09-12 22:02:15
始自机舱，终至厕所。不容易，总算看完了。好书。
0 有用 Meany head 2011-07-08 09:33:03
作為有志與普及天文物理學以及讓此學科的基本思想能夠普及普通大眾的霍金，他的該部作品可謂是無比成功的。試想連我這種對物理學一竅不通，思及之便昏昏欲睡叫苦不迭的人居然也能津津有味地翻看時間簡史，不得不說是我成長史與書本閱讀史上地一個奇蹟。越看越覺有意思越看越著迷是我深刻的感受，只無奈知識太少，讀到某些章節幾乎是徹底暈厥。。