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The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected. Eager to bring his original text the new knowledge revealed by these many observations, as well as his most recent research, for this expanded edition Professor Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, written an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel, and updated the original chapters. This edition is enhanced throughout with more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made possible by spectacular technological advances such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and computer-generated images of three and four dimensional realities.
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Cosmologie, Temps (durée), Espace-temps, Vulgarisation scientifique, Univers, Espace extraterrestre, Expansion, Cosmology, Origine, Trous noirs (astronomie), Cosmogonie, Big Bang, Espace et temps, Cosmologia, Time, Space and time, Einfühlung, Kosmologie, Open Library Staff Picks, Raum-Zeit, Einführung, Universe, Relativité (physique), Physics, Creation, Temps, Astronomy, Sciences de l'espace, Einfuhrung, Relativite (physique), Large type books, science, astrophysics, popular science, Black holes, nyt:audio-nonfiction=2018-04-08, New York Times bestseller, nyt:science=2014-03-09, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Universo, Cosmología, Quantum theory, Weltall, Raum und Zeit, Allgemeinwissen, Einheitliche Feldtheorie, Schwarzes Loch, Astrophysik, Kosmogonie, Zeit, Raum, Science, history, Black holes (Astronomy), Physique, Naturphilosophie, Théorie, Sciences, Astrophysique, Philosophie, Kosmologia, Popular works, Przestrzeń i czas, Fizyka, FilozofiaShowing 12 featured editions. View all 115 editions?
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时间简史: pu ji ban
2006, Hunan ke xue ji shu chu ban she
in Chinese
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Historia del tiempo / A Brief History of Time: del big bang a los agujeros negros / From the Big Bang to Black Holes
May 2002, Critica
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in Spanish
- Tra edition
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A brief history of time
1998, Bantam Books
in English
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The illustrated A brief history of time
1996, Bantam Books
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The Illustrated Brief History of Time
October 1, 1996, Bantam
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Het heelal: verleden en toekomst van ruimte en tijd
1996, Bakker
in Dutch
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A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
1990, Bantam Books
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Historia del tiempo: del big bang a los agujeros negros
1988, Editorial Crítica
in Spanish
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A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
1988, Bantam Books
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A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
1988, Bantam Press
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"A Labyrinth book"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: A brief history of time. New York : Bantam Books, 1988.
Includes index.
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Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues to captivate and inspire new readers each year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe. In the intervening twenty years there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and macro-cosmic world. Indeed, during that time cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age . Professor Hawking is one of the major scientists and thinkers to have contributed to this renaissance.
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