A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking's ‘A Brief History of Time* has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues to captivate and inspire new readers each 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 twenty years there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and macro-cosmic world. Indeed, during that time cosmology and the theoretical sciences have entered a new golden age . Professor Hawking is one of the major scientists and thinkers to have contributed to this renaissance.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote A Brief History of Time?
A Brief History of Time is by Stephen Hawking. The catalogue records its first publication in 1988. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is A Brief History of Time?
The catalogue records 241 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
