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Informationen zum Autor Deepak Chopra is the author of more than 50 books, both non-fiction and fiction. They have been translated into more than 35 languages and include the huge international bestseller Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. His website address is: www.deepakchopra.com Professor Leonard Mlodinow received his doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of California at Berkeley. He teaches at Caltech. STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design , and Black Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018. Klappentext Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller! A Brief History of Time! has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason! and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time! the role of God in creation! the history and future of the universe. But it is also true that in the years since its publication! readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts. This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author's wish to make its content accessible to readers - as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings. Although this book is literally somewhat 'briefer'! it actually expands on the great subjects of the original. Purely technical concepts! such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions! are gone. Conversely! subjects of wide interest that were difficult to follow because they were interspersed throughout the book have now been given entire chapters of their own! including relativity! curved space! and quantum theory. Zusammenfassung Addresses the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe. This book guides nonscientists in the search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space....
