{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-time-from-the-big-bang-to-black-holes-stephen-w-hawking","title":"A brief history of time: From the big bang to black holes - Stephen W. Hawking","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\" id=\"p-rc_86a5da04f299c75e-19\"\u003eStephen Hawking is one of the world's leading cosmologists and is widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. Although he has been widely published within his highly \u003cspan class=\"citation-227\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-231\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-231 citation-232\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-231 citation-232 citation-233 citation-end-233\"\u003especialized field, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME is the first work he has written for the non-mathematical layman. In it he explores the outer reaches of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature of time and the \u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-231 citation-232 citation-end-232\"\u003euniverse. The result is a revelation: a book\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-231 citation-end-231\"\u003e that not only serves as an introd\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-230 citation-end-230\"\u003euction to today's most important theories on\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-229 citation-end-229\"\u003e the cosmos but affords a unique opportunity to experienc\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-228 citation-end-228\"\u003ee one of the most imaginative and influential thinke\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-227 citation-end-227\"\u003ers of our age.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\" id=\"p-rc_86a5da04f299c75e-20\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-226 citation-end-226\"\u003eConfined to a wheelchair for the last twenty years by a motor-neuro\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003en \u003cspan class=\"citation-225\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-224 citation-225\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-223 citation-224 citation-225\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-222 citation-223 citation-224 citation-225\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-221 citation-222 citation-223 citation-224 citation-225 citation-end-225\"\u003edisease, Professor Hawking is best known for his work on black holes. But here he turns his mind to the biggest question of all: the search for a unified theory that combines general relativity and quantum mechanics.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-221 citation-222 citation-223 citation-224 citation-end-224\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-221 citation-222 citation-223 citation-end-223\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"11\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-221 citation-222 citation-end-222\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"12\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-221 citation-end-221\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"13\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\" id=\"p-rc_86a5da04f299c75e-21\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-218\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-218 citation-219\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-218 citation-219 citation-220 citation-end-220\"\u003eAlways in\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"14\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-218 citation-219 citation-end-219\"\u003e the clearest, most accessible terms Stephen Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos, from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and Poincaré, and then moves on into deepes\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"15\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-218 citation-end-218\"\u003et space for the greatest intellectual adventure of all. Could time run backwards? Will a 'no boundary' universe replace the big bang theory? What happens in a univ\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"16\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-217 citation-end-217\"\u003eerse with eleven dimensions? These are just some of the questions considered with devastating lucidity and brilliance in A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, a work that is bound to become \u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"17\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-end-216\"\u003ea classic of its kind\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"18\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Story Station","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48210488918255,"sku":"ABR04754","price":89.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6538\/6223\/files\/asdasd_37c4bb22-6741-45f8-b2d1-177a0ede71db.jpg?v=1774820923","url":"https:\/\/www.thestorystation.co.za\/products\/a-brief-history-of-time-from-the-big-bang-to-black-holes-stephen-w-hawking","provider":"The Story Station","version":"1.0","type":"link"}