The Universe In A Nutshell

the beautifully illustrated follow up to Professor Stephen Hawking's bestselling masterpiece A Brief History of Time

By: Stephen Hawking

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Hardcover | 5 November 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Stephen Hawking's first full length book since the worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time, lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout.

Professor Stephen Hawking is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. Here is his follow up to the phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time - illustrated to bring his theories to life in a clear, captivating and visually engaging way.

'Brilliant and very readable!' -- ***** Reader review
'I love Stephen Hawking - such an incredible mind' -- ***** Reader review
'A must-read book for everybody' -- ***** Reader review
'Keeps going back to it and back to it, keeps you so interested you don't wonder off' -- ***** Reader review
'Thought provoking. A great read!' -- ***** Reader review
'The Universe in a Nutshell is the best popular science book I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review

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Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time was a publishing phenomenon and continues to captivate and inspire new readers every year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe. In the intervening years there have been extraordinary advances in our understanding of the space and time. The technology for observing the micro- and macro-cosmic world has developed in leaps and bounds. During the same period cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age and Professor Stephen Hawking has been at the heart of this new scientific renaissance.

Now, in The Universe in a Nutshell, beautifully illustrated with original artwork commissioned for this project, Stephen Hawking brings us fully up-to-date with the advances in scientific thinking.

We are now nearer than we have ever been to a full understanding of the universe. In a fascinating and accessible discussion that ranges from quantum mechanics to time travel, black holes to uncertainty theory and the search for science's Holy Grail - unified field theory (or in layman's terms the 'theory of absolutely everything'), Professor Hawking once more takes us to the cutting edge of modern thinking.

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A Brief History of Time has now sold an estimated nine million copies worldwide - something of a hard act for its author to follow. In what is being promoted as the 'sequel' to that book, Professor Hawking gives an account of his attempt to combine Einstein's Theory of Relativity with Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories, in order to reach the grail of a Theory of Everything - or big TOE, as it's charmingly named. This is a book about superstrings and p-branes, holography and supergravity, about how the 'cosmic seed' from which our universe derived was as small as a nut. The publishers are not yet releasing much text, but enough to see that it will be a fascinating (if challenging) read. And one enhanced throughout with 200 striking full colour illustrations and jazzed-up diagrams.

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Quantum Physics & Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory Astronomy, Space & Time Cosmology & The Universe Science in General Popular Science

Foreword
A Brief History of Relativity	p. 3
The Shape of Time	p. 29
The Universe in a Nutshell	p. 67
Predicting the Future	p. 101
Protecting the Past	p. 131
Our Future? Star Trek or Not?	p. 155
Brane New World	p. 173
Glossary
Suggested further readings
Acknowledgments
Index
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The Universe In A Nutshell

the beautifully illustrated follow up to Professor Stephen Hawking's bestselling masterpiece A Brief History of Time

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

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