Previous Year Question
The book ‘A Brief History of Time’ has been written by whom?
Stephen Hawking
J.V. Narlikar
C.V. Raman
S. Bose
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
A Brief History of Time was written by the renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988.
The book was written to explain complex ideas of cosmology in a relatively accessible form for general readers.
It mainly discusses topics such as—
the Big Bang, space and time, the expanding universe, black holes, quantum mechanics, and the origin and possible fate of the universe.
Stephen Hawking was particularly famous for his research on black holes. One of his major contributions was showing that quantum effects allow black holes to emit radiation, now known as Hawking Radiation.
A Brief History of Time became one of the world's best-known popular-science books and remained a bestseller for a long period.