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| rdfs:comment | - Reward from the old woman in Cerritos for bring back her cows.
- This was the book that Aldo was reading when he is guarding the building that is holding Karl. ("Not in Portland") He appeared to be highlighting information from Chapter 7, 'Black Holes Ain't So Black.' It deals with the nature of black holes and specifically describes the event horizon, which is the threshold of no-return. The version of the book he is reading is likely the tenth anniversary edition published in 1998, as the first top line of white text indicating the edition name is visible in the screencap, and that version has a gold cover.[1] [2] [3] The book also appeared in Ben's living space in "The Man from Tallahassee".
- A Brief History of Time attempts to give the general reader an overview of cosmology, covering subjects including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones. Unusually for a popular science book, it also tries to explain some very complicated mathematics. Hawking states in A Brief History of Time that an editor advised him to use as few mathematical equations as possible. because the book would not sell well if it had a lot of equations in it. As a result, Hawking decided to use only one equation, the famous E=mc2.
- It attempts to explain a range of subjects in cosmology, including the Big Bang, black holes, light cones and superstring theory, to the nonspecialist reader. Its main goal is to give an overview of the subject but, unusually for a popular science book, it also attempts to explain some complex mathematics. The author notes that an editor warned him that for every equation in the book the readership will be halved, hence it includes only a single equation: E=mc². The book is considered by many to be an "unread bestseller" which is a book many people own but few have finished.
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- The left page from one edition of ''A Brief History of Time"
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| abstract | - Reward from the old woman in Cerritos for bring back her cows.
- It attempts to explain a range of subjects in cosmology, including the Big Bang, black holes, light cones and superstring theory, to the nonspecialist reader. Its main goal is to give an overview of the subject but, unusually for a popular science book, it also attempts to explain some complex mathematics. The author notes that an editor warned him that for every equation in the book the readership will be halved, hence it includes only a single equation: E=mc². In addition to Hawking's abstinence from equations, the book also simplifies matters by means of illustrations throughout the text, depicting complex models and diagrams. The book is considered by many to be an "unread bestseller" which is a book many people own but few have finished. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris, released in 1991.
- A Brief History of Time attempts to give the general reader an overview of cosmology, covering subjects including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones. Unusually for a popular science book, it also tries to explain some very complicated mathematics. Hawking states in A Brief History of Time that an editor advised him to use as few mathematical equations as possible. because the book would not sell well if it had a lot of equations in it. As a result, Hawking decided to use only one equation, the famous E=mc2. The book contains several diagrams to help make Hawking's explanations of complicated subjects clearer.
- This was the book that Aldo was reading when he is guarding the building that is holding Karl. ("Not in Portland") He appeared to be highlighting information from Chapter 7, 'Black Holes Ain't So Black.' It deals with the nature of black holes and specifically describes the event horizon, which is the threshold of no-return. The version of the book he is reading is likely the tenth anniversary edition published in 1998, as the first top line of white text indicating the edition name is visible in the screencap, and that version has a gold cover.[1] [2] [3] The book also appeared in Ben's living space in "The Man from Tallahassee".
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