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The Illustrated Brief History Of Time: the beautifully illustrated edition of Professor Stephen Hawking's bestselling masterpiec
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Main Details
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The Illustrated Brief History Of Time: the beautifully illustrated edition of Professor Stephen Hawking's bestselling masterpiec
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Stephen Hawking
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 253,Width 198 |
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Category/Genre | Popular science Cosmology and the universe Relativity physics Popular astronomy and space |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780593077184
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Classifications | Dewey:530.11 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Imprint |
Bantam Press
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Publication Date |
19 November 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A beautiful fully illustrated new edition of Professor Stephen Hawking's masterpiece. Includes updates and new livery and endpapers. The illustrated edition of Stephen Hawking's classic work - this edition includes an appendix with updates made by Professor Hawking in 2016. In this edition, Professor Hawking explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimension. Over one hundred and fifty stunning colour illustrations have been specially commissioned for this purpose to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp.
Author Biography
STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, and Black Holes- The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018.
ReviewsThis book marries a child's wonder to a genius's intellect. We journey into Hawking's universe, while marvelling at his mind * The Sunday Times * A Brief History of Time: 'It is the publishing sensation of the past decade' * Spectator *
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