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A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes / Stephen W. Hawking ; introduction by Carl Sagan ; illustrations by Ron Miller.

Summary:

Provides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0553052438
  • ISBN: 9780553052435
  • ISBN: 055305340X
  • ISBN: 9780553053401
  • Physical Description: x, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto ; Bantam Books, 1988.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject:
Cosmology.
Cosmologie.
Espace et temps.
Trous noirs (Astronomie)
Kosmologie.
Cosmologia.
Cosmologie.
Espace et temps.
Relativité (physique)
Temps.
Trous noirs (astronomie)
Espace-temps.
Einführung.
Kosmologie.
Raum-Zeit.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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530 . ‡aAlso issued online.
520 . ‡aProvides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics.
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