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A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes / Stephen W. Hawking

By: Publication details: New York : Bantam Books, 1988.Description: x, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780553175219
  • 9780553053401
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Brief history of time.DDC classification:
  • 523.1 23 H393
LOC classification:
  • QB981 .H377 1988
Other classification:
  • 39.30
  • PHY 040f
  • PHY 980f
  • UB 7500
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / by Carl Sagan -- [ch.] 1. Our picture of the universe -- [ch.] 2. Space and time -- [ch.] 3. The expanding universe -- [ch.] 4. The uncertainty principle -- [ch.] 5. Elementary particles and the forces of nature -- [ch.] 6. Black holes -- [ch.] 7. Black holes ain't so black -- [ch.] 8. The origin and fate of the universe -- [ch.] 9. The arrow of time -- [ch.] 10. The unification of physics -- [ch.] 11. Conclusion -- Albert Einstein -- Galileo Galilei -- Isaac Newton -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: Provides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics.
Item type: كتاب
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Includes index.

Digital copy is on the Internet Archive website.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction / by Carl Sagan -- [ch.] 1. Our picture of the universe -- [ch.] 2. Space and time -- [ch.] 3. The expanding universe -- [ch.] 4. The uncertainty principle -- [ch.] 5. Elementary particles and the forces of nature -- [ch.] 6. Black holes -- [ch.] 7. Black holes ain't so black -- [ch.] 8. The origin and fate of the universe -- [ch.] 9. The arrow of time -- [ch.] 10. The unification of physics -- [ch.] 11. Conclusion -- Albert Einstein -- Galileo Galilei -- Isaac Newton -- Glossary -- Index.

Provides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics.

Also issued online.