A brief history of time
Subtitle: from the big bang to black holes
By: Stephen W. Hawking ; introduction by Carl Sagan ; illustrations by Ron Miller.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Cosmology
Description: Provides an introduction to today's scientific ideas about the cosmos and reviews past theories. Also covers black holes, quarks, antimatter, and other mysteries of physics.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: vi; title: Introduction
pagenum: ix
description: by Carl Sagan; label: 1
title: Our Picture of the Universe
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Space and Time
pagenum: 15; label: 3
title: The Expanding Universe
pagenum: 35; label: 4
title: The Uncertainty Principle
pagenum: 53; label: 5
title: Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature
pagenum: 63; label: 6
title: Black Holes
pagenum: 81; label: 7
title: Black Holes Ain't So Black
pagenum: 99; label: 8
title: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
pagenum: 115; label: 9
title: The Arrow of Time
pagenum: 143; label: 10
title: The Unification of Physics
pagenum: 155; label: 11
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 171; title: Albert Einstein
pagenum: 177; title: Galileo Galilei
pagenum: 179; title: Isaac Newton
pagenum: 181; title: Glossary
pagenum: 183; title: Index
pagenum: 189