A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes
Hawking, S. W. (Stephen William)1988
Book
Main title:
A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes / Stephen W. Hawking ; introduction by Carl Sagan ; illustrations by Ron Miller.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bantam, 1988.
Collation:
x,198p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / by Carl Sagan -- [ch.] 1. Our picture of the universe -- [ch.] 2. Space and time -- [ch.] 3. The expanding universe -- [ch.] 4. The uncertainty principle -- [ch.] 5. Elementary particles and the forces of nature -- [ch.]6. Black holes -- [ch.] 7. Black holes ain't so black -- [ch.] 8. The origin and fate of the universe -- [ch.] 9. The arrow of time -- [ch.] 10. The unification of physics -- [ch.] 11. Conclusion -- Albert Einstein -- Galileo Galilei -- Isaac Newton -- Glossary -- Index.
ISBN:
0593015185
Dewey class:
530.11
LC class:
QC173.59.S65
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Space & time
BRN:
137714