The Universe in a Nutshell

The Universe in a Nutshell ( original English edition: The Universe in a Nutshell ) after A brief history of time, the second popular science book by British physicist Stephen Hawking.

The original English edition was published in 2001 by Bantam Books, which translated from German Kober Hainer edition in the same year at Hoffmann and Campe. An abridged edition was published as an audio book. In 2002, an expanded edition (ISBN 3-455-09400-7 ) was published in the book. Since 2003, the paperback edition is available at Dtv under the title The Universe in a Nutshell. More translations are available in Arabic, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian and Swedish.

Using simple models, the current theories are explained with which to try to describe the universe scientists. Among other things, string theory and its extension, the brane theory are explained. The book, like its predecessor was a great success. In 2002, the book won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

The English title of The Universe in a Nutshell is a saying which goes back to Shakespeare's Hamlet. It says: " (Hamlet) O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space - were it not that I have bad dreams. " [ II.ii.254 ] The English phrase in a nutshell means in a nutshell.