A Brief History of Time
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All Themes The Search for a Unifying Theory of the Universe Human Curiosity and Ingenuity The Danger of Stubbornness Science and Religion
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All Characters Stephen Hawking Sir Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Galileo Galilei Edwin Hubble God Lay People Nicolas Copernicus Werner Heisenberg Alexander Friedmann Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Roger Penrose Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Jacob Bekenstein Marquis de Laplace Sir Arthur Eddington Aristotle
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All Terms Absolute space/time Anthropic principle Anti-particle Arrows of time Atom Big bang Black hole Chandrasekhar limit Cosmological constant Electromagnetic force Electron Entropy Ether Event horizon Friedmann model Graviton Gravity Imaginary numbers/time Neutron Neutron stars Newton’s laws of motion Pauli exclusion principle Photon Proton Quantum Quantum mechanics Quark Quasars Red shift Singularity Space-time Spin String theory Strong nuclear force Sum over histories Symmetry Theories of Relativity Uncertainty principle Unified theory of physics Virtual particle Wavelength Weak nuclear force Wormhole
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A Brief History of Time

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Stephen Hawking

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Nobel Prize

Many of the ingenious scientific discoveries Stephen Hawking describes have earned their discoverers Nobel Prizes, a mark of public acceptance and acclaim for their efforts on behalf of humanity. Yet the sometimes ironic tone Hawking…

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