 First edition cover (UK) | |
| Author | Stephen Hawking |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Theoretical Physics |
| Publisher | Bantam Spectra |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 0-553-80202-X |
| OCLC | 46959876 |
| 530.12 21 | |
| LC Class | QC174.12 .H39 2001 |
| Preceded by | Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays |
| Followed by | On The Shoulders of Giants |
The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book abouttheoretical physics byStephen Hawking.[1][2] It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestsellerA Brief History of Time was published in 1988.
In it Hawking explains to a general audience various matters relating to theLucasian professor's work, such asGödel's Incompleteness Theorem andP-branes (part ofsuperstring theory inquantum mechanics). He tells the history and principles of modern physics. He seeks to "combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe."[3]
The Universe in a Nutshell is winner ofthe Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002.[citation needed]