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Fiction · 2011 · G

A Brief History of Time

by Stephen Hawking

From the Big Bang to black holes — Stephen Hawking's landmark journey to the edges of cosmology.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends? Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wo

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Themes of the cosmos, the nature of time, and the universe's deepest mysteries

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Hawking's 1988 popular science masterpiece has sold over 10 million copies. From the Big Bang to black holes, quantum mechanics to the nature of time, Hawking explains the universe's biggest mysteries for a general audience. Entirely appropriate for all ages.

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