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The book frames a “tree-like” structure in which Chapters 1 and 2 provide a central foundation, while later chapters branch into independent topics. Key themes include relativity, the shape of time, multiple histories, information loss in black holes, time travel possibilities, the future of life, and ideas such as branes and holograms, supported by illustrations, captions, and sidebars.","The Universe in a Nutshell  \nALS O BY STEPHE N HAWKIN G  \nA BRIEF HISTORY OF TIM E  \nBLACK HOLE S AND BABY UNIVERSE S AND O T H E R ESSAYS  \nT h e U n i v e r s e i n a N u t s h e l l  \nLONDO N • N E W Y O R K • TORONTO • S Y D N E Y • A U C K L A N D  \nA Book Laboratory Book  \nTRANS WORLD PUBLISHERS  \n61-6 3 Uxbridge Road , London W 5 5SA  \na division of The Random House Group Ltd  \nRANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA (PTY) LTD  \n20 Alfred Street, Mil sons Point, Sydney,  \nNew South Wales 2061 , Australia  \nRANDOM HOUSE NEW ZEALAND LTD  \n18 Poland Road , Glenfield, Auckland 10 , New Zealand RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD Endulini, 5a Jubilee Road , Parktown 2193 , South Africa  \nPublished 200 1 by Bantam Press  \na division of Transworld Publishers  \nCopyright © Stephen Hawking 200 1 Original illustrations © 200 1 by Moon runner Design Ltd UK and The Book Laboratory ™ Inc .  \nThe right of Stephen Hawking to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 .  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN 059 3 04815 6  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.  \nPrinted in Great Britain by  \nButler and Tanner Ltd, Frome, Somerset  \n3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4  \nFOREWORD ~ vii  \nCHAPTER 1 ~ page 3  \nA Brief History of Relativity  \nHow Einstein laid the foundations of the two fundamental theories of the twentieth century:  \ngeneral relativity and quantum theory.  \nCHAPTER 2 ~ page 2 9  \nThe Shape of Time  \nEinstein's general relativity gives time a shape. How this can he reconciled with quantum theory.  \nCHAPTER 3 ~ page 6 7  \nThe Universe in a Nutshell  \nThe universe has multiple histories, each of which is determined by a tiny nut.  \nCHAPTER 4 ~ page 10 1  \nPredicting the Future  \nHow the loss of information in black holes may reduce our ability to predict the future.  \nCHAPTER 5 ~ page 13 1  \nProtecting the Past  \nIs time travel possible? Could an advanced civilization go back and change the past?  \nCHAPTER 6 ~ page 1 5 5  \nOur Future? Star Trek or Not?  \nHow biological and electronic life will go on developing in complexity at an ever increasing rate.  \nCHAPTER 7 ~ page 1 7 3  \nBrane New World  \nDo we live on a brane or are we just holograms?  \nGlossary  \nSuggested further readings  \nAcknowledgments  \nIndex  \nT  \nH  \nE  \nU N I V E R S E  \nI  \nN  \nA  \nN U T S H E L L  \nStephen Hawking in  \n2001 , ©Stewart Cohen .  \nF O R E W O R D  \nF O R E W O R D  \nI  \nHADN'T EXPECTED MY POPULAR B O O K , A Brief History of Time, to be such a success. It was on the London Sunday Times bestseller list for over four years, which is longer than any other book has  \nbeen, and remarkable for a book on science that was not easy going. After that, people kept asking when I would write a sequel. I resisted because I didn't want to write Son of Brief History or A Slightly Longer History of Time, and because I was busy with research. But I have come to realize that there is room for a different kind of book that might be easier to understand. A Brief History of Time was organized in a linear fashion, with most chapters following and logically depending on the preceding chapters. This appealed to some readers, but others got stuck in the early chapters and never reached the more exciting material later on. By contrast, the present book is more like a tree: Chapters 1 and 2 form a central trunk from which the other chapters branch off.  \nThe branches are fairly independent of each other and can be tackled in any order after the central trunk. They correspond to areas I have worked on or thought about since the publication of A Brief History of Time. Thus they present a picture of some of the most active fields of current research. 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