A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
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Author: Leonard Mlodinow, Stephen HawkingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 0553385461
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Helpful explanation of the latest developments in physics
Summary: 4 Stars
Stephen explains how the early scientists such as Aristotle, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton and Einstein saw the Earth and time. It is an interesting read full of facts and theory about the gravitational forces as well as quantum mechanics and string theory. Questions about God appear throughout but of course there are no definitive answers.
Many different possibilities are discussed as to how we view time - and creation. The Big Bang and alternate universes is explored. One topic which caught my attention was the fact that in prior years there may have been only a handful of people that understood relativity, and today there are thousands. Also with the explosion of information technology, no single human can grasp the totality of all of the knowledge which is available.
Summary of A Briefer History of Time
From One of the Most Brilliant Minds of Our TimeComes a Book that Clarifies His Most Important Ideas
Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, remains one of the landmark volumes in scientific writing of our time. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts-the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe.
Professor Hawking's response is this new work that will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space..
Although "briefer," this book is much more than a mere explanation of Hawking's earlier work. A Briefer History of Time both clarifies and expands on the great subjects of the original, and records the latest developments in the field-from string theory to the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics. Thirty-seven full-color illustrations enhance the text and make A Briefer History of Time an exhilarating and must-have addition in its own right to the great literature of science and ideas.
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