The Universe in a Nutshell
by Hawking, Stephen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0593048156
- ISBN 13
- 9780593048153
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Synopsis
The Universe in a Nutshell is one of Stephen Hawking's books on theoretical physics. It explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes. It tells the history and principals of modern physics. The Universe in a Nutshell is winner of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002.
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95267
- Title
- The Universe in a Nutshell
- Author
- Hawking, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cloth/dust jacket Small Quarto
- ISBN 10
- 0593048156
- ISBN 13
- 9780593048153
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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