A Brief History of Time

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

A Bantam Book

Publishing History

Bantam illustrated hardcover edition published November 1996

Bantam hardcover edition/September 1998

Bantam trade paperback edition/September 1998

All rights reserved.

Copyright © 1988, 1996 by Stephen Hawking

Illustrations copyright © 1988 by Ron Miller

BOOK DESIGN BY GLEN M. EDELSTEIN

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information address: Bantam Books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)

A brief history of time / Stephen Hawking.

p. cm.

Includes index.

eISBN: 978-0-553-89692-3

1. Cosmology. I. Title.

QB981.H377 1998

523.1—dc21 98-21874

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Cover design and illustration Pere 360, based on a photograph © David Montgomery/Getty Images.

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