The Nature of Space and Time (Princeton Science Library)

by Stephen Hawking

First published 1996

Two titans of physics, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, lock horns in a rare intellectual duel. Hawking's radical theory of black holes and the Big Bang collides with Penrose's vision of an eternal, cyclical cosmos. As they grapple with the mysteries of space and time, their fundamental disagreement on the ultimate fate of the universe hangs in the balance. In this high-stakes clash of scientific titans, the very nature of reality itself is at stake.

Genres: biography, science, non-fiction, astronomy, physics, academic

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: intellectual-duel, opposing-theories

160 pages · Paperback · Princeton University Press

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