A Brief History of Time

Fülszöveg

"Stephen Hawking has overcome a crippling disease
to become the supernova of world physics. Unable to write,
or even to speak clearly, he is leaping beyond "
relativity, beyond quantum mechanics, beyond
the big bang, to the 'dance of geometry'
that created the universe."
—Timothy Ferris, Vanity Fair
- - " ' V, " ¦ . "
"When the achievementsiof the physicists
of the twentieth century come to be considered objectively,
the work of Stephen Hawking will be writ large
in file annals of science." I
—Astronomy
-"Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair,
his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across
the vastness of space and time to unlock
the secrets4 of the universe'
—Time
A BRIEF
HISTORY
OF TIME
Stephen W. Hawking has achieved international
prominence as one of the great minds of the
twentieth century. Now, for the first time, he has
written a popular work exploring the outer limits
of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature
of time and the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Stephen Hawking has overcome a crippling disease
to become the supernova of world physics. Unable to write,
or even to speak clearly, he is leaping beyond "
relativity, beyond quantum mechanics, beyond
the big bang, to the 'dance of geometry'
that created the universe."
—Timothy Ferris, Vanity Fair
- - " ' V, " ¦ . "
"When the achievementsiof the physicists
of the twentieth century come to be considered objectively,
the work of Stephen Hawking will be writ large
in file annals of science." I
—Astronomy
-"Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair,
his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across
the vastness of space and time to unlock
the secrets4 of the universe'
—Time
A BRIEF
HISTORY
OF TIME
Stephen W. Hawking has achieved international
prominence as one of the great minds of the
twentieth century. Now, for the first time, he has
written a popular work exploring the outer limits
of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature
of time and the universe. The result is a truly
enlightening book: a classic introduction to
today's most important scientific ideas about the
cosmos, and a unique opportunity to experience
the intellect of one of the most imaginative,
influential thinkers of our age.
From the vantage point of the wheelchair where
he has spent the last twenty years trapped by
Lou Gehrig's disease, Professor Hawking himself
has transformed our view of the universe. His
groundbreaking research into black holes offers
clues to that elusive moment when the universe
was born. Now, in the incisive style which is his
trademark, Professor Hawking shows us how
mankind's " world picture" evolved from the
time of Aristotle through the 1915 breakthrough
of Albert Einstein, to the exciting ideas of today's
prominent young physicists.
Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an
end? Is the universe infinite? Or does it have
boundaries? With these fundamental questions
in mind, Hawking reviews the great theories of
the cosmos—and all the puzzles, paradoxes and
contradictions still unresolved. With great care
he explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries. Vissza