--- title: "The Book \" A Brief History of Time\" is written by whom?" description: "The Book \" A Brief History of Time\" is written by whom?" author: "ASHUTOSH PANDEY" published: 2018-09-17 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49819/the-book-a-brief-history-of-time-is-written-by-whom category: "books & novels" tags: ["books and literature"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # The Book " A Brief History of Time" is written by whom? The Book " A Brief [History](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2422/in-testing-on-windows-the-whatsapp-desktop-call-history-tab-was-discovered) of Time" is written by whom? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL The book **“A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Hole”** is a popular [Science Book](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49988/who-invented-telescope) on ‘Cosmology’ (about the Study of the Universe) is **written by [British](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41500/what-was-a-feature-of-hamilton-s-british-plan-for-government) Physicist ‘Stephen Hawking’**. The book was published in the year 1988, and till 2001 it was translated into 35 different [languages](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51023/what-is-the-official-language-of-india). ![The Book " A Brief History of Time" is written by whom?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/2e8ce5f1-1578-4845-9217-c64490d16dcd/images/3ed95dac-c703-41b8-bcdd-656731cb705c.jpeg)\ Stephen Hawking was one of the most brilliant theoretical Physicist. His book ‘A Brief History of Time’ helped non-scientists to understand **the fundamental questions of [physics](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49752/what-is-the-quantum-physics-in-science-world) and the existence of the universe. How and why the universe did begins? Will it come to an end, and if so, how?** He explained all these questions with using a minimum of technical terms. **Topics covered in the book are [Gravity](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37702/could-someone-enlighten-me-on-the-loop-quantum-gravity-theory), [Black Hole](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37694/what-black-hole-has-such-an-incredible-gravitational-pull), [Big Bang Theory](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49668/what-is-big-bang-theory), the Nature of Time and Physicist.** **Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England in 1942**. He developed many Cosmological Theories, both independently and in collaboration with scientists. He received many awards for his development as well as **‘The Presidential Medal of Freedom’ which is the highest civilian honor** in the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43428/what-empowered-black-leaders-in-the-united-states-to-organize-the-double-v-campaign-after-world-war-ii-began). \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49819/the-book-a-brief-history-of-time-is-written-by-whom Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.