''A Briefer History of Time'' is a 2006

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book by the English

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Overview

The book is an update and rewrite of Hawking's 1988 '' A Brief History of Time''. In this book Hawking and Mlodinow present

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, string theory,

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, and other topics in a more accessible fashion to the general public. The book is updated with newly discovered topics, and informs of recurring subjects throughout the book in greater detail.

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