The shortest history of time

A Briefer History of Time (original title: A Briefer History of Time ) is the year 2005 published successor of the physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking wrote the book A Brief History of Time , which Hawking and the Californian physicist Leonard Mlodinow revised together with numerous new illustrations. Similar to its predecessor, modern approaches to cosmology and the two great developments in physics in the 20th century, namely the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics , are presented in a short form without showing any inadmissible simplifications. In addition, an outlook on a unified theory of physics is offered, which should resolve the contradictions between the two sub-areas.

The book is aimed at a lay audience and explains the physical relationships in a sometimes humorous way, although quite briefly, but always vividly and thus offers a first insight into contemporary physics.

Overview of the chapters

1. Concepts of the universe
2. The development of our worldview
3. The essence of scientific theories
4. Newton's universe
5. theory of relativity
6. Curved space
7. The expanding universe
8. Big Bang, Black Holes and the Evolution of the Universe
9. Quantum gravity
10. Wormholes and time travel
11. Forces of nature and the unification of physics

literature

• Hawking, Stephen , Leonard Mlodinow : The Shortest History of Time . (Original: A Briefer History of Time .) Rowohlt Verlag , 2005, ISBN 3-498-02986-X .