文档介绍：ABriefHistoryOfTimeBookReportBookWrittenbyStephenHawkingThisreportosbasedonABriefHistoryOfTime, 'pellingtoalayaudiencewasestablishedwiththepublicationofhisfirstbook,ABriefHistoryofTime,whichhassoldnearly10millioncopiesin40languages. SummarySincethefirsteditionin1988,,eaninternationalpublishinghistoryofwonders. Thebookisaboutthenatureoftheuniverseattheforefrontofknowledge,'stheoreticalpredictionsinthefirsteditionofhisbook,includingtherecentdiscoveriesoftheCosmicBackgroundExplorersatellite(COBE),whichprobedbackintimetowithin300,000yearsofthefabricofspace-,-Ptolemy',timeandspace,theexpansionoftheuniverse,theuncertaintyprinciple,thebasicparticlesandforceofnature,blackholesanditscharacteristic,