A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
Hawking wrote the introduction to Thorne's book, and his own classic covers black holes, the big bang and time's arrow in a shorter, more conversational way.
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by Kip S Thorne
Science
★★★★★4.5 (12)
About This Book
In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.
- Published
- 1994
- ISBN
- 9780393312768
- Category
- Science
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