A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes /
Stephen W. Hawking
- New York : Bantam Books, 1988.
- x, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Digital copy is on the Internet Archive website.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Our picture of the universe -- Space and time -- expanding universe -- uncertainty principle -- Elementary particles and the forces of nature -- Black holes -- Black holes ain't so black -- origin and fate of the universe -- arrow of time -- unification of physics -- Conclusion -- Albert Einstein -- Galileo Galilei -- Isaac Newton -- Glossary -- Index. Carl Sagan -- by [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. [ch.] 3. The [ch.] 4. The [ch.] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. [ch.] 8. The [ch.] 9. The [ch.] 10. The [ch.] 11.
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.