About This Book
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the origin and evolution of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who have no prior knowledge of the univers...
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5h 24m
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180 WPM
3h 53m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 47m
fast reader
350 WPM
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