| A Briefer History of Time | |
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Cover of “A Briefer History of Time” |
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| 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.