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Author:

Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)

Title:

The illustrated a brief history of time ; and The universe in a nutshell / Stephen Hawking.

Edition:

Updated and expanded ed.

Publisher:

Bantam Books,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

248, viii, 216 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Cosmology.
Quantum theory.

Other Titles:

Universe in a nutshell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.209) and index. "Two books in one"--Cover. Illustrated brief history of time is an updated and expanded edition.

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:

0307291227
9780307291226

OCLC:

(OCoLC)181372790

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)