ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of ‘A Brief History of Time’?
A
Albert Einstein
B
Stephen Hawking
C
Jagadish Chandra Basu
D
Isaac Newton
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking’s ability to make science understandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the publication of his first book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 languages.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by English physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for nonspecialist readers with no prior knowledge of scientific theories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time because he wanted more people to understand and appreciate theoretical physics. He wrote the book intending to make these complex concepts comprehensible to people who had not studied physics.

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