A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
List Price:
Our Price: $8.50
You Save: $18.50 (69%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Leonard Mlodinow, Stephen HawkingEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 0553804367
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of A Briefer History of Time
Book Review: Scientifically exciting
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book. It is easy to understand with good illustrations. I liked the first book, A Brief History of Time, and this one was even better with more illustrations and updated information including information on the string theory.
Summary of A Briefer History of Time
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.
Cosmology Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in BrainFood
The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life plus The Secrets of Enigmaby Alan M. Turing
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2004-11-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.75
Price in other shops:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Editionby Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands
Addison Wesley; Published: 2005-08-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $117.00
Price in other shops:
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 1997-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.85
Price in other shops:
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)by G. Polya
Princeton University Press; Published: 2004-04-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops:
God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed Historyby Stephen Hawking
Running Press; Published: 2007-10-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
A Briefer History of Timeby Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
Bantam; Published: 2005-09-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.90
Price in other shops:
Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)by Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik
Addison-Wesley Professional; Published: 1994-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $53.00
Price in other shops:
What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methodsby Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1996-07-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops:
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)by Gerald M. Weinberg
Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated; Published: 2001-04-15; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Ageby Paul Graham
O'Reilly Media, Inc.; Published: 2004-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.91
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomyby Stephen Hawking
Published: 2004-09-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.59
Price in other shops:
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Editionby Bill Bryson
Broadway; Published: 2005-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $149.07
Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmosby Michio Kaku
Anchor; Published: 2006-02-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.01
Price in other shops:
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universeby Stephen Hawking
Phoenix Books; Published: 2007-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.68
Price in other shops:
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Realityby Brian Greene
Vintage; Published: 2005-02-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.87
Price in other shops:
George's Secret Key to the Universeby Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Published: 2007-10-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theoryby Brian Greene
Vintage; Published: 2000-02-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed Historyby Stephen Hawking
Running Press; Published: 2007-10-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
A Brief History of Timeby Stephen Hawking
Bantam; Published: 1998-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.44
Price in other shops:
The Universe in a Nutshellby Stephen William Hawking
Bantam; Published: 2001-11-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.98
Price in other shops: