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

2、pter9-TheArrowofTimeChapter10-WormholesandTimeTravelChapter11-TheUnificationofPhysicsChapter12-ConclusionGlossaryAcknowledgments&AboutTheAuthorFOREWARDIdidn’twriteaforewordtotheoriginaleditionofABriefHistoryofTime.ThatwasdonebyCarlSagan.Instead,Iwroteashortpiecetitled“Acknowledgments”in

3、whichIwasadvisedtothankeveryone.Someofthefoundationsthathadgivenmesupportweren’ttoopleasedtohavebeenmentioned,however,becauseitledtoagreatincreaseinapplications.Idon’tthinkanyone,mypublishers,myagent,ormyself,expectedthebooktodoanythinglikeaswellasitdid.ItwasintheLondonSundayTimesbest-s

4、ellerlistfor237weeks,longerthananyotherbook(apparently,theBibleandShakespearearen’tcounted).Ithasbeentranslatedintosomethinglikefortylanguagesandhassoldaboutonecopyforevery750men,women,andchildrenintheworld.AsNathanMyhrvoldofMicrosoft(aformerpost-docofmine)remarked:Ihavesoldmorebooksonp

5、hysicsthanMadonnahasonsex.ThesuccessofABriefHistoryindicatesthatthereiswidespreadinterestinthebigquestionslike:Wheredidwecomefrom?Andwhyistheuniversethewayitis?Ihavetakentheopportunitytoupdatethebookandincludenewtheoreticalandobservationalresultsobtainedsincethebookwasfirstpublished(onA

6、prilFools’Day,1988).Ihaveincludedanewchapteronwormholesandtimetravel.Einstein’sGeneralTheoryofRelativityseemstoofferthepossibilitythatwecouldcreateandmaintainwormholes,littletubesthatconnectdifferentregionsofspace-time.Ifso,wemightbeabletousethemforrapidtravelaroundthegalaxyortravelback

7、intime.Ofcourse,wehavenotseenanyonefromthefile:///C

8、/WINDOWS/Desktop/blahh/StephenHawking-Abriefhistoryoftime/ABriefHistoryinTime.html(1of2)[2/20/20013:13:58AM]ABriefHistoryofTime-StephenHawkingfuture(orhavewe?)butIdiscussapossibleexplanationforthis.Ialsodescribetheprogressthat