Stephen Hawking

The Universe in a Nutshell

colour illustrations, colour photographs. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 216 Seiten
ISBN 0593048156
EAN 9780593048153
Veröffentlicht November 2001
Verlag/Hersteller Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
32,50 inkl. MwSt.
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The author of the multi-million selling "A Brief History Of Time" brings us fully up to date with the advances in scientific thinking, and explains that we are now nearer than ever to a full understanding of the universe. A discussion of scientific issues from quantum mechanics to time travel, and from black holes to uncertainty theory, with specially commissioned illustrations throughout.

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Stephen Hawking

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A Brief History of Time has now sold an estimated nine million copies worldwide - something of a hard act for its author to follow. In what is being promoted as the 'sequel' to that book, Professor Hawking gives an account of his attempt to combine Einstein's Theory of Relativity with Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories, in order to reach the grail of a Theory of Everything - or big TOE, as it's charmingly named. This is a book about superstrings and p-branes, holography and supergravity, about how the 'cosmic seed' from which our universe derived was as small as a nut. The publishers are not yet releasing much text, but enough to see that it will be a fascinating (if challenging) read. And one enhanced throughout with 200 striking full colour illustrations and jazzed-up diagrams.