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A brief history of time is well written, but not better than other good popular science books. From the big bang to black holes is a popularscience book on cosmology by british physicist stephen hawking. Hawking set out to write the sort of book that would sell in airport bookstores. Among such books, hawkings is perhaps the best seller of all, having sold more than 5 million copies. Recommended to those who are interested in physics, cosmology, natural philosophy or the history of science jupiter scientific its one of a very few books in this category that continues to fascinate despite the fact that much of its contents stretch the reader further than is usually expected in a book of this sort. Find cast bios, videos, and exclusive content on history. Prehistoric people first recorded the phases of the moon some 30,000 years ago, and recording time has been a way by which humanity has observed the heavens and represented the progress of civilization. Buy a brief history of time book online at low prices in. Jan 01, 2005 even so, i was pleasantly surprised by the the content of this work. A time book is a mostly outdated accounting record, that registered the hours worked by employees in a certain organization in a certain period. A brief history of time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. His books include the bestselling black holes and baby universes and other essays, the universe in a nutshell, and a briefer history of time.
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