A Brief History of Time

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non-fiction book popular science book

A Brief History of Time is a popular science book by physicist Stephen Hawking that explains complex concepts in cosmology—such as the Big Bang, black holes, and the nature of time—in an accessible way for general readers.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	non-fiction book → popular science book →
aimsAt	general audience →
author	Stephen Hawking →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
explainsConcept	Big Bang → arrow of time → black hole → general relativity → quantum mechanics → time dilation → uncertainty principle → unified theory →
firstEditionCoverArtist	Ron Miller →
genre	cosmology literature → popular science →
hasAudiobookVersion	yes →
hasBeenTranslatedIntoManyLanguages	yes →
hasChapter	Black Holes → Conclusion → Our Picture of the Universe → Space and Time → The Arrow of Time → The Expanding Universe → The Origin and Fate of the Universe → The Unification of Physics →
hasSequel	The Universe in a Nutshell →
hasSoldMillionsOfCopies	yes →
hasUpdatedEdition	A Briefer History of Time →
isbn	9780553053401 →
libraryOfCongressClassification	QB981 .H377 1988 →
mediaType	hardcover → paperback → print →
notableFor	international bestseller → making complex cosmology accessible →
oclcNumber	17483569 →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCount	256 →
publicationDate	1988 →
publisher	Bantam Books →
subject	Big Bang theory → astrophysics → black holes → cosmology → nature of time → physics → universe →
targetAudience	non-specialist readers →
writingStyle	accessible →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays → The Universe in a Nutshell →	follows
The Universe in a Nutshell →	isSequelTo
Stephen Hawking →	knownFor
Stephen Hawking →	notableWork