TY - BOOK AU - Hawking,Stephen TI - A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes SN - 9780553175219 AV - QB981 .H377 1988 U1 - 523.1 23 PY - 1988/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books KW - Cosmology N1 - 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; Also issued online N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/87033333.html ER -