A Brief History of Time - From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Bantam Press, Transworld Publishers, 1988. Small (1/2 cm) hole to lower spine of dustjacket, mended internally with brown paper, covered in platic to protect, foxing to endpapers and page edges.

Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the devastating questions considered in a clear and accessible book which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time.