02631nam a2200385u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003701000150007802000220009302400180011504000400013304200080017304900090018105000230019008200140021310000330022724500670026026000380032730000340036550400510039950503680045052008480081865000150166670000300168179100450171185600820175685601070183885600920194585600760203796100070211399900150212095201100213558526769 OCoLC 20190501181531.0ta110224s2005    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a2005042949  a0553804367c22.003 a9780553804362  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdILCdC#PdBURdVP@  apcc  aCTMA00aQB981b.H3773 200500a523.12221 aHawking, S. W.q(Stephen W.)12aA briefer history of timecStephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow.  aNew York :bBantam Books,cc2005.  a162 p. :bcol. ill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThinking about the universe -- Our evolving picture of the universe -- The nature of a scientific theory -- Newton's universe -- Relativity -- Curved space -- The expanding universe -- The Big Bang, black holes, and the evolution of the universe -- Quantum gravity -- Wormholes and time travel -- The forces of nature and the unification of physics -- Conclusion.  aIn the years since the publication of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, readers have repeatedly told Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts. This is the reason for A Briefer History: his wish to make its content more accessible to readers--as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. Conversely, subjects of wide interest that have now been given entire chapters of their own, including relativity, curved space, and quantum theory. This reorganization has allowed the authors to expand areas of recent progress, from string theory to exciting developments in the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics.--From publisher description. 0aCosmology.1 aMlodinow, Leonard,d1954-2 aCornerstones of Science (Brunswick, Me.)41zSample textuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/ fy0624/2005042949-s.html42zContributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005042949-b.html42zPublisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0624/2005042949-d.html42zCornerstones of Science websiteuhttp:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/wlt11  c7189d7189  4070aABELJbabeljcNFd2016-10-26l2o523.1 HAWKp18524r2018-05-15s2018-03-16v22.00w2016-10-26yBOOK