Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time.

Book Description "A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of...(展开全部)

Book Description "A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of...(展开全部)

Adrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short yet thorough introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. Its treatment is roughly chronological, starting with the ancient Greek philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides and proceeding through the history of Western phi...(展开全部)

About Big History Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places ...(展开全部)

About Big History Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places ...(展开全部)

约翰·格里宾(John Gribbin)，英国著名科学读物专业作家，萨塞克斯大学天文学访问学者。毕业于剑桥大学，获天体物理学博士学位，现在是苏塞克斯大学的客座天文学研究员。曾先后在《自然》志和《新科学家》周刊任职。1974年他以其关于气候变迁的作品获得了英国最佳科学著作奖。 约翰·格里宾著有50多部科普和科幻作品，其中的科学三部曲《薛定谔之猫探秘》、《双螺旋探秘》和《大爆炸探秘》尤为脍炙人口。此外，他还与妻子合著了一系列著名科学家的传记，而反映“科学顽童”费恩曼科学生涯的《迷人的科学风采——费思曼传》更是广受好评。他还撰写了许多畅销书，其中包括《寻找多重宇宙》《大宇宙百科全书》《欧米加点》、《大爆炸之探索》、《起始》、《宇宙指南》和《Q代表量子》。他的书已被译成多种语言，并在英国和美国得过奖。

约翰·格里宾(John Gribbin)，英国著名科学读物专业作家，萨塞克斯大学天文学访问学者。毕业于剑桥大学，获天体物理学博士学位，现在是苏塞克斯大学的客座天文学研究员。曾先后在《自然》志和《新科学家》周刊任职。1974年他以其关于气候变迁的作品获得了英国最佳科学著作奖。 约翰·格里宾著有50多部科普和科幻作品，其中的科学三部曲《薛定谔之猫探秘》、《双螺旋探秘》和《大爆炸探秘》尤为脍炙人口。此外，他还与妻子合著了一系列著名科学家的传记，而反映“科学顽童”费恩曼科学生涯的《迷人的科学风采——费思曼传》更是广受好评。他还撰写了许多畅销书，其中包括《寻找多重宇宙》《大宇宙百科全书》《欧米加点》、《大爆炸之探索》、《起始》、《宇宙指南》和《Q代表量子》。他的书已被译成多种语言，并在英国和美国得过奖。

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant here traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Four years before his death, Will Durant began work on an abbreviated version of his highly...(展开全部)

An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time" is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeo...(展开全部)