Briefer History Of Time, A(ISBN=9780553804362)
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Inthe 17 years since the publication of A Brief History of Time, Dr.Hawking's bestselling exposition of physics, new data from particlephysics and observational astronomy have shed light on efforts tofind a Grand Unified Theory of Everything that Hawking and Mlodinowuse to enhance and update their answers to basic questions aboutthe universe: where it's going and how it began. Discussed atlength are the mysterious dark matter and dark energy-both of whichcan only be observed by their gravitational effects and arebelieved to make up 90 percent of the universe. Another area ofresearch that has exploded in the past 20 years is string theory.Hawking and Mlodinow provide one of the most lucid discussions ofthis complex topic ever written for a general audience. Readerswill come away with an excellent understanding of the apparentcontradictions and conundrums at the forefront of contemporaryphysics. Recognizing that much of their audience will also bescience fiction buffs,
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Universe In A Nutshell, The(ISBN=9780553802023)
Stephen Hawking, science's first real rock star, may be theleast-read bestselling author in history--it's no secret that manypeople who own A Brief History of Time have never finished it.Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell aims to remedy the situation,with a plethora of friendly illustrations to help readers grok someof the most brain-bending ideas ever conceived. Does it succeed? Yes and no. While Hawking offers genuinelyaccessible context for such complexities as string theory and thenature of time, it's when he must translate equations to sentencesthat the limits of language get in the way. But Hawking hassimplified the origin of the universe, the nature of space andtime, and what holds it all together to an unprecedented degree,inviting nonscientists to share his obvious awe and love of theunseen forces that shape it all. Yes, it's difficult reading, but it's worth it. Hawking is one ofthe great geniuses of our time, a man whose life has been devotedto thinking in the abstract about th
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