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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by the physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who had no prior knowledge of physics.
The documentary A Brief History of Time, directed by Errol Morris and produced by Steven Spielberg, premiered in 1991; the film contains material from the book as well as interviews with Hawking, his friends, family and colleagues. Hawking had wanted the film to be scientific rather than biographical, but he was persuaded otherwise.
A Brief History of Time is a 1991 biographical documentary film about the physicist Stephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris. [2] The title derives from Hawking's bestselling 1988 book A Brief History of Time, but, whereas the book is solely an explanation of cosmology, the film is also a biography of Hawking, featuring interviews with some of his family members and colleagues.
The book is an update and rewrite of Hawking's 1988 A Brief History of Time. In this book Hawking and Mlodinow present quantum mechanics, string theory, the big bang theory, and other topics in a more accessible fashion to the general public. The book is updated with newly discovered topics, and informs of recurring subjects throughout the book ...
[1] [2] It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestseller A Brief History of Time was published in 1988. Content [ edit ]
History of time may refer to Standard time#History of standard time, for information of the history of standardizing time; A Brief History of Time, book by Stephen Hawking; Chronology of the universe, subject matter of Hawking's book
A Briefer History of Time (Schulman book) by Eric Schulman Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title A Briefer History of Time .
[6] In the acknowledgments of the first edition of A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking writes that prior to his book "There were already a considerable number of books about the early universe and black holes, ranging from the very good, such as Steven Weinberg's book, The First Three Minutes, to the very bad, which I will not identify."