Ranked #16 in Black Holes, Ranked #45 in Cosmology — see more rankings.
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time
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 and an international publishing phenomenon. The book as 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 observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first... more
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 and an international publishing phenomenon. The book as 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 observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first... more
Rankings by Category
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell is ranked in the following categories:
- #77 in Astronomy
- #52 in Astrophysics
- #86 in Physics
- #54 in Quantum Mechanics