A Brief History of Time

"A Brief History of Time" - more than an extensive commentary on the complex concepts and theories described in the legendary "A Brief History". The authors, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, 17 years later, having changed much in astrophysics, look at the eternal questions with a new perspective: about the nature of space and time, the role of God in the creation of the world, about the past and future of the Universe. Data obtained by astronomical observatories, space telescopes, and physics laboratories have become a solid foundation for theoretical physics, which for several decades has been struggling for a coherent, unified field theory that should unite all known types of interactions. According to the conviction of many, this is string theory, the principles and consequences of which are expounded in detail by Professors Hawking and Mlodinow. Dark matter and dark energy, which we know only thanks to gravitational effects, time travel, on which, as the authors believe, "it is not worth betting just yet" - all this turned out to be the focus of their attention.- Stephen Hawking - a legendary figure, an English theoretical physicist and science popularizer, known for his work in the field of black holes, one of the founders of quantum cosmology.- The edition contains 37 color illustrations, complementing and decorating the text.- The book makes the most complex puzzles and acute contradictions understandable, which are being attempted to be resolved at the forefront of the science of the Universe.