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By a matter of sheer luck or by divine providence, we, humans have landed in a place from where we can either look out at the cosmos and be humbled by its perceived endlessness, or we can look in, deeper into the structure of which we are made of and be in awe of how the same elements can produce so much diversity from grains. Its such a stimulating book that i reread it recently. Hawking wrote the book for readers who have no prior knowledge of the universe and people who are just interested in learning something new. A brief history of time by stephen hawking is a book in which he has illustrated the facts for nonscientific readers or layman has no understanding of science. A brief history of time by author stephen hawkings, has 5 and a half million copies in print, and now we have a readers companion to tell of his life and his work. A brief history of time a brief history of time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. The illustrated brief history of time, updated and. From the big bang to black holes is a popularscience book on. Its great because its simplistic and you dont need a scientific background to enjoy it. A brief history of protest in posthandover hong kong time. A brief history of mankind the canadian jewish news.
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