霍金- A Brief History Of Time

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1、ABriefHistoryofTime-StephenHawkingChapter1-OurPictureoftheUniverseChapter2-SpaceandTimeChapter3-TheExpandingUniverseChapter4-TheUncertaintyPrincipleChapter5-ElementaryParticlesandtheForcesofNatureChapter6-BlackHolesChapter7-BlackHolesAin'tSoBlackChapter8-TheOriginandFateoftheUniverseChapter9-

2、TheArrowofTimeChapter10-WormholesandTimeTravelChapter11-TheUnificationofPhysicsChapter12-ConclusionGlossaryAcknowledgments&AboutTheAuthorFOREWARDIdidn’twriteaforewordtotheoriginaleditionofABriefHistoryofTime.ThatwasdonebyCarlSagan.Instead,Iwroteashortpiecetitled“Acknowledgments”inwhichIwasadv

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5、x.ThesuccessofABriefHistoryindicatesthatthereiswidespreadinterestinthebigquestionslike:Wheredidwecomefrom?Andwhyistheuniversethewayitis?Ihavetakentheopportunitytoupdatethebookandincludenewtheoreticalandobservationalresultsobtainedsincethebookwasfirstpublished(onAprilFools’Day,1988).Ihaveinclu

6、dedanewchapteronwormholesandtimetravel.Einstein’sGeneralTheoryofRelativityseemstoofferthepossibilitythatwecouldcreateandmaintainwormholes,littletubesthatconnectdifferentregionsofspace-time.Ifso,wemightbeabletousethemforrapidtravelaroundthegalaxyortravelbackintime.Ofcourse,wehavenotseenanyonef

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