{"id":29774,"date":"2018-06-25T09:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=29774"},"modified":"2018-06-25T09:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:32:07","slug":"cheap-book-brief-history-of-time-arthur-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/cheap-book-brief-history-of-time-arthur-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Book: Brief History of Time, Arthur Clarke,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004WY3D0O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B004WY3D0O&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=ad0ffe1607139db9db865f95ae88451d\">A Brief History of Time<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004WY3D0O\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by Stephen Hawking for $2.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking\u2019s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin\u2014and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending\u2014or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?<\/p>\n<p>Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and \u201carrows of time,\u201d of the big bang and a bigger God\u2014where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00AHI5XRU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00AHI5XRU&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=89b7c405b3aeaea27379a4f1592011c2\">Rama II<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00AHI5XRU\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by Arthur Clark and Gentry Lee for two bucks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Years after the first encounter with a mysterious alien spacecraft in Rendezvous With Rama, a second spaceship enters the solar system\u2014and a team of Earth\u2019s most accomplished scientists and cosmonauts is sent to intercept it.<\/p>\n<p>The human crew is no stranger to Raman culture and technology. But Rama II offers surprises not encountered on the first ship\u2014surprises that could turn out to be deadly. Set against a backdrop of economic crisis that threatens all human settlements throughout the solar system, Rama II tells the story of an advanced scientific team dealing with the unexpected both on an enigmatic alien spacecraft and within their own psyches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking for $2.99 A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking\u2019s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin\u2014and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending\u2014or are there boundaries? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/cheap-book-brief-history-of-time-arthur-clarke\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cheap Book: Brief History of Time, Arthur Clarke,<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5044],"tags":[1038],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/books4.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-7Ke","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29775,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29774\/revisions\/29775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}