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After reading a brief history of time, i wanted to read stephen hawkings other books immediately. Surprisingly, at school the future genius had not been a brilliant studenthis academic successes back then were rather mediocre howstuffworks. In a brief history of time, stephen hawking attempts to explain a range of. A brief history of time is indeed brief, but it is considerably more than a history and it deals with a far wider range of topics than time.
A short history of time until his editor at bantam, peter guzzardi, turned it around and. A newly release book by stephen hawking and leonard mlodinow says, yes. Hawkings first book, the large scale structure of spacetime cambridge university press, 1973, written with george ellis, wasnt for a popular audience at all its a physics textbook that. Jun 02, 2009 how many books has stephen hawking written. The theory of everything consists of lectures and notes by prof. Stephen hawkings a brief history of time has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. The book s success made hawking a household name and although he would go on to publish and edit other volumes including the 1996 edition the illustrated brief history of time and the universe in a nutshell it remains his landmark publishing achievement. So i know it would be a completely different genre then i am use to.
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A briefer history of time brings the reader up to date, and makes the narrative even easier to understand. Stephen hawking was a scientist known for his work with black holes and relativity, and the author of popular science books like a brief history of time. Stephen hawking books list of books by author stephen hawking. Hawking january 8, 1942 is a worldfamous theoretical physicist.
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And now, some seventeen years later, stephen hawking is back with this new book. Stephen hawking books list of books by author stephen. Now, in everyday language, stephen hawkings universe reveals stepbystep how we can all share his understanding of the cosmos, and our own place within it. The book was followed by four sequels, georges cosmic treasure hunt in 2009, george and the big bang in 2011, george and the unbreakable code in 2014 and george and the blue moon in 2016 and george and the ship of time in 2018.
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