A Brief History of Time (Illustrated Edition)

Author: [British] Stephen Hawking
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Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Stephen Hawking was born in 1942, and his birthday coincides with the anniversary of Galileo's death. He is currently a professor at the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (a position once held by Isaac Newton). He is renowned as the most outstanding theoretical physicist after Einstein. In 1993, he published A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking—Black Holes, Baby Universes, and Other Essays. This book is a classic in theoretical physics, and its content has been referenced in many scientific papers and books.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Detailed Introduction: Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has become a landmark in global scientific literature since its first publication in 1988. It has been translated into 40 languages, with nearly 10 million copies sold, making it a marvel in the history of international publishing. The book covers the forefront knowledge about the nature of the universe, but since then, extraordinary progress has been made in observational techniques both in the microscopic and macroscopic cosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the book, including the recent discovery of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which detected echoes of the universe's creation within 300,000 years and revealed the ripples in the spacetime structure that he calculated. To incorporate the new knowledge revealed by many observations and his latest research into the book, Professor Hawking prepared a new preface for this revised edition, completely updating the original content, and added a new chapter on the exciting topic of wormholes and time travel. Although Professor Hawking's writing is extremely clear and witty, some readers still find it difficult to grasp complex concepts. To enhance understanding, this edition includes over 240 color illustrations, including satellite images and photographs, all thanks to advancements in technologies such as the Hubble Space Telescope and computer-generated three-dimensional and four-dimensional imaging. Detailed captions allow readers to experience the vastness of intergalactic space, the fascinating properties of black holes, and the microscopic world of particle physics, where matter and antimatter collide. As a classic that offers readers a new understanding of cosmology, the illustrated edition of A Brief History of Time tells a compelling story of exploring the core secrets of time and space. Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has become a landmark in global scientific literature since its first publication in 1988. It has been translated into 40 languages, with nearly 10 million copies sold, making it a marvel in the history of international publishing. The illustrated edition completely updates the original content, incorporating the new knowledge revealed by many observations and Professor Hawking's latest research, along with a wealth of (250) photographs and computer-generated three-dimensional and four-dimensional space diagrams. Hawking once proudly quoted a reviewer's remark: "My books on physics are more popular than Madonna's books on sex." It remains to be seen how much this illustrated edition will "expand" the already enormous sales figures.