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050	0	0	_aQB981 _b.H3773 2005
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100	1		_aHawking, S. W. _q(Stephen W.)
245	1	2	_aA briefer history of time _cStephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow.
260			_aNew York : _bBantam Books, _cc2005.
300			_a162 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aCosmology.
700	1		_aMlodinow, Leonard, _d1954-
791	2		_aCornerstones of Science (Brunswick, Me.)
856	4	1	_zSample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/ fy0624/2005042949-s.html
856	4	2	_zContributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005042949-b.html
856	4	2	_zPublisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0624/2005042949-d.html
856	4	2	_zCornerstones of Science website _uhttp:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/
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