The Universe in a Nutshell:First Edition – Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time was a publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide. It continues to captivate and inspire new readers every year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe. In the intervening years there have been extraordinary advances in our understanding of the space and time. The technology for observing the micro- and macro-cosmic world has developed in leaps and bounds. During the same period cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age. Professor Stephen Hawking has been at the heart of this new scientific renaissance.

Now, in The Universe in a Nutshell, beautifully illustrated with original artwork commissioned for this project, Stephen Hawking brings us fully up-to-date with the advances in scientific thinking. We are now nearer than we have ever been to a full understanding of the universe. In a fascinating and accessible discussion that ranges from quantum mechanics, to time travel, black holes to uncertainty theory, to the search for science’s Holy Grail – the unified field theory (or in layman’s terms the ‘theory of absolutely everything’) Professor Hawking once more takes us to the cutting edge of modern thinking.

HARDCOVER. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 4to in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 216pp, illustrations in text, index etc . . . . . [ CONDITION : An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket , looks new in its removable transparent protector)

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SKU: 9780593048153 Category: Title: The Universe in a Nutshell:First Edition
Author: Stephen Hawking
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year: 2001
ISBN10: 0593048156
ISBN13: 9780593048153
Condition: Fine
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 598

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Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time was a publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide. It continues to captivate and inspire new readers every year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe. In the intervening years there have been extraordinary advances in our understanding of the space and time. The technology for observing the micro- and macro-cosmic world has developed in leaps and bounds. During the same period cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age. Professor Stephen Hawking has been at the heart of this new scientific renaissance.

Now, in The Universe in a Nutshell, beautifully illustrated with original artwork commissioned for this project, Stephen Hawking brings us fully up-to-date with the advances in scientific thinking. We are now nearer than we have ever been to a full understanding of the universe. In a fascinating and accessible discussion that ranges from quantum mechanics, to time travel, black holes to uncertainty theory, to the search for science’s Holy Grail – the unified field theory (or in layman’s terms the ‘theory of absolutely everything’) Professor Hawking once more takes us to the cutting edge of modern thinking.

HARDCOVER. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 4to in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 216pp, illustrations in text, index etc . . . . . [ CONDITION : An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket , looks new in its removable transparent protector)

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Weight 0.95 kg
Dimensions 25.7 × 20.2 × 2 cm

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