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Author:
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-
Title:
The illustrated a brief history of time ; The universe in a nutshell / Stephen Hawking.
Edition:
Hardcover ed.
Publisher:
Bantam Books,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
248, viii, 216 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Cosmology.
Quantum theory.
Notes:
"Two books in one"--Cover. Illustrated brief history of time is an updated and expanded edition. Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and index.
Contents:
Illustrated a brief history of time. 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 -- Wormholes and time travel -- Unification of physics -- Conclusion: Albert Einstein; Galileo Galilei; Isaac Newton.
Universe in a nutshell. Brief history of relativity -- Shape of time -- Universe in a nutshell -- Predicting the future -- Protecting the past -- Our future? Star Trek or not? -- Brane new world.
ISBN:
0307291170
9780307291172 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)713558660
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

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