A Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time is like a journey of a skilled sailor exploring wondrous horizons in the science of formation and physics, relying on a brilliant scientific talent and a creative broad outlook in search of the way to a major scientific theory that unifies all theories. And this book is the first he has written for non-specialists, and it caused a great buzz in cultural and scientific circles. It deals with time and the universe and their nature. And any such discussion must lead to talking about motion, space, stars, planets, and galaxies. The book presents in the simplest possible style the journey of major theories about time and the universe starting from Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Then the stance takes an idea deep in space on a daring adventure, guided by science with active creative imagination, in attempts to find new theoretical lines that unify the most important theories of the twentieth century without contradiction, especially the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. Such a unified theory might hold the answer to questions that have long puzzled scientists and still do, such as: can the universe shrink instead of expanding? Does time then reverse, with humans dying before their birth? Does the universe have a beginning and/or an end? How would they be? Does the universe have boundaries? Einstein made space-time four-dimensional; what if the universe had more dimensions? Could it, for example, have eleven dimensions or more? These are some of the issues the author addressed in his book A Brief History of Time, in a clear, simple, and exciting style that keeps the reader engaged throughout, perhaps leading scientific critics to describe it as a classic book since its appearance. It is considered a milestone in the philosophy and methodology of science, so no intellectual should be without reading it.