Astronomy:The Universe in a Nutshell

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Short description: 2001 Stephen Hawking's book
The Universe in a Nutshell
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First edition cover (UK)
AuthorStephen Hawking
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTheoretical Physics
PublisherBantam Spectra
Publication date
2001
Pages224
ISBNISBN:0-553-80202-X
OCLC46959876
530.12 21
LC ClassQC174.12 .H39 2001
Preceded byBlack Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays 
Followed byOn The Shoulders of Giants 

The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book about theoretical physics by Stephen Hawking.[1][2] It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestseller A Brief History of Time was published in 1988.

Content

In it Hawking explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes (part of superstring theory in quantum mechanics). He tells the history and principles of modern physics. He seeks to "combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe."[3]

Awards

The Universe in a Nutshell is winner of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002.[citation needed]

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