A Briefer History of Time (Hawking and Mlodinow book)

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A Briefer History of Time  
Brieferhistoryoftime-cover.jpg
Cover of “A Briefer History of Time”
Author(s) Stephen Hawking,
Leonard Mlodinow
Country USA
Language English
Subject(s) The Universe
Genre(s) Popular science
Publisher Bantam Books
Publication date 2005
Pages 162 (Paperback)
ISBN 0553804367[1]
Preceded by On The Shoulders of Giants
Followed by The Grand Design

A Briefer History of Time is a popular-science book published in 2005 from the English physicist Stephen Hawking and the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow. It is an update and rewrite of Hawking's 1988 A Brief History of Time. In this book Hawking and Mlodinow present quantum mechanics, string theory, the big bang theory, and other topics in a more accessible fashion to the general public. The book is updated with newly discovered topics, and informs of recurring subjects throughout the book in greater detail.

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