| A Briefer History of Time | |
| Authors: | Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | The Universe |
| Published: | 2005 (Bantam Books) |
| Pages: | 176 (paperback)[1] |
| Isbn: | 0-553-80436-7 |
A Briefer History of Time is a 2006 popular-science book by the English physicist Stephen Hawking and the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow.
The book is an update and rewrite of Hawking's 1988 A Brief History of Time. In this book Hawking and Mlodinow present quantum mechanics, string theory, the big bang theory, and other topics in a more accessible fashion to the general public. The book is updated with newly discovered topics, and informs of recurring subjects throughout the book in greater detail.