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A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking.

Van Pelt Library QB981 .H377 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cosmology.
Physical Description:
ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
Updated and expanded tenth anniversary edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Bantam Books, 1998.
Summary:
Marking the tenth anniversary of a worldwide science classic, this fully updated edition is enriched with a new Introduction by Professor Hawking and an entirely new chapter on wormholes and time travel.
Contents:
Our picture of the universe
Space and time
The expanding universe
The uncertainty principle
Elementary particles and the forces of nature
Black holes
Black holes ain't so black
The origin and fate of the universe
The arrow of time
Wormholes and time travel
The unification of physics
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0553109537
OCLC:
39256652

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