a brief history of time
1 new york times bestseller br published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success a brief history of time has become a landmark volume in science writing . stephen hawking one of the great minds of our time explores such profound questions as how did the universe begin and what made its start possible does time always flow forward is the universe unending or are there boundaries are there other dimensions in space what will happen when it all ends br told in language we all can understand a brief history of time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks of antimatter and arrows of time of the big bang and a bigger god where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected . with exciting images and profound imagination stephen hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation .
an anniversary edition of a now classic survey of the origin and nature of the universe features a new introduction by the author and a new chapter on the possibility of time travel and wormholes in space