Kratka︠i︡a istori︠i︡a vremeni

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Stephen Hawking: Kratka︠i︡a istori︠i︡a vremeni (Russian language, 2009, Amfora)

230 pages

Russian language

Published March 30, 2009 by Amfora.

ISBN:
978-5-367-00490-8
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OCLC Number:
192006841

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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by English physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who had no prior knowledge of physics and people who are interested in learning something new about interesting subjects. In A Brief History of Time, Hawking writes in non-technical terms about the structure, origin, development and eventual fate of the Universe, which is the object of study of astronomy and modern physics. He talks about basic concepts like space and time, basic building blocks that make up the Universe (such as quarks) and the fundamental forces that govern it (such as gravity). He writes about cosmological phenomena such as the Big Bang and black holes. He discusses two major theories, general relativity and quantum mechanics, that modern scientists use to describe the Universe. Finally, he …

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  • Cosmology
  • Space and time
  • Time