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1、TableofContentsTitlePageAcknowledgmentsForeword1-THINKINGABOUTTHEUNIVERSE2-OUREVOLVINGPICTUREOFTHEUNIVERSE3-THENATUREOFASCIENTIFICTHEORY4-NEWTON’SUNIVERSE5-RELATIVITY6-CURVEDSPACE7-THEEXPANDINGUNIVERSE8-THEBIGBANG,BLACKHOLES,ANDTHEEVOLUTIONOFTHEUNIVERSE9-QUANTUMGRAVITY10
2、-WORMHOLESANDTIMETRAVEL11-THEFORCESOFNATUREANDTHEUNIFICATIONOFPHYSICS12-CONCLUSIONGlossaryAlbertEinsteinGalileoGalileiIsaacNewtonAbouttheAuthorALSOBYSTEPHENHAWKINGAcknowledgmentsThankstooureditor,AnnHarris,atBantamforlendingusherconsiderableexperienceandtalentinoureffort
3、stohonethemanuscript.ToGlenEdelstein,Bantam’sartdirector,forhistirelesseffortsandhispatience.Toourartteam,PhilipDunn,JamesZhang,andKeesVeenenbos,fortakingthetimetolearnsomephysics,andthen,whilenotsacrificingthescientificcontent,makingthebooklookfabulous.Toouragents,AlZuc
4、kermanandSusanGinsburgatWriter’sHouse,fortheirintelligence,caring,andsupport.ToMonicaGuyforproof-reading.Andtothosewhokindlyreadvariousdraftsofthemanuscriptinoursearchforpassageswhereclaritycouldbeimprovedfurther:DonnaScott,AlexeiMlodinow,NicolaiMlodinow,MarkHillery,Josh
5、uaWebman,StephenYoura,RobertBarkovitz,MarthaLowther,KatherineBall,AmandaBergen,JeffreyBoehmer,KimberlyComer,PeterCook,MatthewDickinson,DrewDonovanik,DavidFralinger,EleanorGrewal,AliciaKingston,VictorLamond,MichaelMelton,MychaelMulhern,MatthewRichards,MichelleRose,SarahSc
6、hmitt,CurtisSimmons,ChristineWebb,andChristopherWright.ForewordTHETITLEOFTHISBOOKDIFFERSbyonlytwolettersfromthatofabookfirstpublishedin1988.ABriefHistoryofTimewasontheLondonSundayTimesbest-sellerlistfor237weeksandhassoldaboutonecopyforevery750men,women,andchildrenonearth
7、.Itwasaremarkablesuccessforabookthataddressedsomeofthemostdifficultissuesinmodernphysics.Yetthosedifficultissuesarealsothemostexciting,fortheyaddressbig,basicquestions:Whatdowereallyknowabouttheuniverse?Howdoweknowit?Wheredidtheuniversecomefrom,andwhereisitgoing?Thoseque
8、stionsweretheessenceofABriefHistoryofTime,andtheyarealsothefocusofthisbook.IntheyearssinceABriefHistory
