The Illustrated A Brief History of Time

《時間簡史插圖版》

“宇宙之王”史蒂芬·霍金科學鉅作

探索時間和空間核心祕密的故事

這是由英國偉大的物理學家、黑洞理論和“大爆炸”理論的創立人史蒂芬·霍金撰寫的一本有關宇宙學的經典著作，是一部將高深的理論物理通俗化的科普範本。

《時間簡史》講述是探索時間和空間核心祕密的故事，是關於宇宙本性的前沿知識，包括我們的宇宙圖像、空間和時間、膨脹的宇宙不確定性原理、基本粒子和自然的力、黑洞不是這麼黑、時間箭頭等內容。自1988年首版以來，該書銷售了超2500萬冊，被翻譯成40多種文字，成為國際出版史上的奇觀。

本書在原版的基礎上增加了240多幅彩色插圖，包括衞星圖像和照片。這些都歸功於諸如哈勃空間望遠鏡和電腦三維和四維實體成像等技術進步。詳細的插圖説明使讀者更能體驗到星系際太空的廣漠、黑洞的奇妙性質，以及物質和反物質碰撞的粒子物理的微觀世界。

史蒂芬·威廉·霍金（Stephen William Hawking），ALS患者，英國知名物理學家和宇宙學家。肌肉萎縮性側索硬化症患者，全身癱瘓，不能發音。霍金的主要研究領域是宇宙論和黑洞，證明了廣義相對論的奇性定理和黑洞面積定理，提出了黑洞蒸發現象和無邊界的霍金宇宙模型，在統一20世紀物理學的兩大基礎理論——愛因斯坦創立的相對論和普朗克創立的量子力學方面走出了重要一步。

霍金是繼牛頓和愛因斯坦之後傑出的物理學家之一，被世人譽為“宇宙之王”。

史蒂芬·霍金生於1942年，他的生日恰好與伽利略去世的紀念日是同一天。他現任劍橋大學盧卡斯數學系教授教席（這一職位曾由艾薩克·牛頓擔任）。他被譽為繼愛因斯坦後十分傑出的理論物理學家。

該書內容是關於宇宙本性的前沿知識，但是從那以後無論在微觀還是宏觀宇宙世界的觀測技術方面都有了非凡的進展。這些觀測證實了霍金教授在該書首版中的許多理論預言，其中包括宇宙背景探險者衞星（COBE）的發現，它在時間上回溯探測到離宇宙創生的30萬年之內，並顯露了他所計算的在時空結構中的漣漪。

In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing. It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies.

The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds.

These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawkin's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the fabric of space-time that he had projected.

Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these many observations, as well as his recent research, for this expanded edition Professor Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, written an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel, and updated the original chapters.

In addition, to heighten understanding of complex concepts that readers may have found difficult to grasp despite the clarity and wit of Professor Hawking's writing, this edition is enhanced throughout with more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made made possible by spectacular technological advance such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and computer generated images of three and four-dimensional realities. Detailed captions clarify these illustrations, enable readers to experience the vastness of intergalactic space, the nature of black holes, and the microcosmic world of particle physics in which matters and antimatter collide.

A classic work that now brings to the reader the latest understanding of cosmology, A Brief History Of Time is the story of the ongoing search for t he tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

Author：Stephen Hawking

Hardcover: 248 pages

Publisher: Bantam USA; 2nd Updated and Expanded ed. edition (30 Nov. 1996)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0553103741

ISBN-13: 978-0553103748

Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 2 x 25.9 cm