A Brief History of Time

Main Ideas

• The concept of the Big Bang as the beginning of the Universe
• Black holes and the gravitational peculiarities associated with them
• Einstein's theory of relativity and its impact on understanding the Universe
• The notion of space-time curvature
• An introduction to quantum mechanics and its interaction with the theory of relativity
• The concept of singularity at the center of black holes
• The possibility of time travel
• The theoretical basis for the existence of multiple universes