A Brief History of Time From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking Intro by Carl Sagan Science Astrophysics books

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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with a very good dust jacket. 1988 BOMC Bantam Books Edition. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are still crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Black hardcover boards under jacket feature black cloth quarter trim with silver lettering along spine and are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is clean and shiny but does have light shelf wear along top front edge and small tear top back edge. Octavo book size or 6" x 9" with 198 pages including index.

No introduction is needed for Stephen Hawking as he is internationally known for his great mind and scientific writings. This book speaks to his groundbreaking research into black holes and offers clues to the birth of the universe. Professor Hawking shows us how mankind's world picture evolved from the time of Aristotle through the 1915 breakthrough of Albert Einstein, the the exciting ideas of today's young physicists. With great care, he explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries and takes us through Einstein's Theory of Relativity. This landmark book was and still is acclaimed throughout the science community.

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