A Briefer History of Time

图书标准信息

• 作者 Stephen Hawking 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2008-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553385465
• 定价 164.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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StephenHawking’sworldwidebestsellerABriefHistoryofTimeremainsalandmarkvolumeinscientificwriting.Butforyearsreadershaveaskedforamoreaccessibleformulationofitskeyconcepts—thenatureofspaceandtime,theroleofGodincreation,andthehistoryandfutureoftheuniverse.ABrieferHistoryofTimeisProfessorHawking’sresponse.

Although“briefer,”thisbookismuchmorethanamereexplanationofHawking’searlierwork.ABrieferHistoryofTimebothclarifiesandexpandsonthegreatsubjectsoftheoriginal,andrecordsthelatestdevelopmentsinthefield—fromstringtheorytothesearchforaunifiedtheoryofalltheforcesofphysics.Thirty-sevenfull-colorillustrationsenhancethetextandmakeABrieferHistoryofTimeanexhilaratingandmust-haveadditioninitsownrighttothegreatliteratureofscienceandideas.

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【作者简介】

StephenHawkingisLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridge;hisotherbooksforthegeneralreaderincludeABriefHistoryofTime,BlackHolesandBabyUniversesandTheUniverseinaNutshell.

PhysicistLeonardMlodinow,hiscollaboratorforthisnewedition,hastaughtatCalTech,writtenforStarTrek:TheNextGeneration,andistheauthorofEuclid’sWindowandFeynman’sRainbowandthecoauthorofthechildren’sbookseriesTheKidsofEinsteinElementary.,,,

【目录】

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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. Relativity

  6. Curved Space

  7. The Expanding Universe

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

  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