A Briefer History of Time1

图书标准信息

• 作者 Stephen、Leonard Mlodinow 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2005-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553804362
• 定价 233.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

StephenHawking'sworldwidebestseller,ABriefHistoryofTime,hasbeenalandmarkvolumeinscientificwriting.Itsauthor'sengagingvoiceisonereason,andthecompellingsubjectsheaddressesisanother:thenatureofspaceandtime,theroleofGodincreation,thehistoryandfutureoftheuniverse.Butitisalsotruethatintheyearssinceitspublication,readershaverepeatedlytoldProfessorHawkingoftheirgreatdifficultyinunderstandingsomeofthebook'smostimportantconcepts.ThisistheoriginofandthereasonforABrieferHistoryofTime:itsauthor'swishtomakeitscontentaccessibletoreaders-aswellastobringitup-to-datewiththelatestscientificobservationsandfindings.Althoughthisbookisliterallysomewhat'briefer',itactuallyexpandsonthegreatsubjectsoftheoriginal.Purelytechnicalconcepts,suchasthemathematicsofchaoticboundaryconditions,aregone.Conversely,subjectsofwideinterestthatweredifficulttofollowbecausetheywereinterspersedthroughoutthebookhavenowbeengivenentirechaptersoftheirown,includingrelativity,curvedspace,andquantumtheory.Thisreorganizationhasallowedtheauthorstoexpandareasofspecialinterestandrecentprogress,fromthelatestdevelopmentsinstringtheorytoexcitingdevelopmentsinthesearchforacomplete,unifiedtheoryofalltheforcesofphysics.Likeprioreditionsofthebook-butevenmoreso-ABrieferHistoryofTimewillguidenonscientistseverywhereintheongoingsearchforthetantalizingsecretsattheheartoftimeandspace.Thirty-eightfull-colourillustrationsenhancethetextandmakeABrieferHistoryofTimeanexhilaratingadditioninitsownrighttotheliteratureofscience.

【作者简介】

STEPHENHAWKINGheldthepositionofLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridgeforthirtyyears;hisotherbooksforthegeneralreaderincludetheessaycollectionBlackHolesandBabyUniversesandTheUniverseinaNutshell.PhysicistLEONARDMLODINOW,hiscollaboratorforthisnewedition,hastaughtatCalTech,writtenforStarTrek:TheNextGeneration,andistheauthorofEuclid'sWindowandFeynman'sRainbowandtheco-authorofthechildren'sbookseriesTheKidsofEinsteinElementary.

【目录】

ACKNOV~:LEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

1. Thinking About the Universe

2. Our Evolving Picture of the Universe

3. The Nature of a Scientific Theory

4. Newton's Universe

5. Relativi

6. Curved Space

7. The Expanding Universe

8. The Big Bang, Black Holes, and the Evolution of theUniverse

9. Quantum Gravity

10. Wormholes and Time Travel

11. The Forces of Nature and the Unification of Physics

12. Conclusion

ALBERT EINSTEIN

GALILEO GALILEI

ISAAC NEWTON

GLOSSARY

INDEX