A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes (Updated Ed.)
Fizika, kemija i astronomija
088376
London etc.
2016
13×19,5
meki
255
engleski
Cijena: 8,00 EUR
It is a famous book about the universe written by British physicist Stephen Hawking. The book was first published in 1988 and quickly became a huge worldwide hit. In it, Hawking managed to explain very difficult and complex ideas from physics in simple language that ordinary people can easily understand. The book takes readers on a journey through the past and present of science. In it, Hawking explains the great secrets of our world. The book describes the theory of the Big Bang. This is the moment when our entire universe began to exist. The author writes in detail about black holes, unusual places in space. Black holes have such a strong gravitational force that not even light can escape them. Hawking asks questions about whether time has a beginning and an end. He also explains whether time can flow backwards or whether we can travel through it. The book mentions Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which explains large things like planets, and Quantum Mechanics, which studies tiny particles. The ultimate goal of scientists is to merge these two theories into one. This would be one grand theory that explains everything in the universe. Science books usually have a lot of difficult mathematical equations. Hawking wanted his book to be read by everyone. That's why he used only one equation in the entire book. It's Einstein's famous formula E = mc2. Instead of difficult mathematics, he used fun examples and jokes to explain how the universe works. The book is still one of the best guides to understanding the world we live in, years after its publication.
