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''A Briefer History of Time'' is a science humor book by the American astronomer Eric Schulman. In this book, Schulman presents humorous summaries of what he claims are the fifty-three most important events since the beginning of time. 〔''Publishers Weekly'', Volume 244, Issue 32 (August 10, 1998).〕 〔''Science News'', Volume 155, Number 22 (May 29, 1999).〕 〔''Mercury Magazine'', Volume 29, Number 2 (March/April 2000).〕 The title and cover are a parody of Stephen Hawking's book ''A Brief History of Time''. Coincidentally, Hawking would later write a "sequel" entitled ''A Briefer History of Time''. Hawking's publisher Bantam Books was aware the title had already been used in a popular science book, but went ahead since "The other book was published six years ago, and Professor Hawking is an international figure." 〔Hill, Paul. Times Higher Education Supplement (May 27, 2005).〕 〔Walden, Celia. The Daily Telegraph (May 31, 2005).〕 Laughing while learning is the intent of Schulman's book. The book shows why, even though the Universe is expanding, it doesn't get any easier to find a parking space. Furthermore, there is the pulp version of the origin of life ("It was a dark and stormy night. In the shallow tide pool, a nucleic acid base collided with a sugar molecule. An amino acid sank beneath the murky depths . . . ."). Some more of the fifty-three most important events are: * A Shakespearean account of the production of helium soon after the Big Bang, * Assembly instructions for terrestrial proteins (including consumer safety warnings), * A prospectus for potential investors in the Mammalia Class of animals, * A dragnet-style investigation into the rise and fall of the Earth's first empire, and * A ballad about the creation of the World Wide Web. ==Contents== #Quantum Fluctuation #Inflation #Expansion #Particle-Antiparticle Annihilation #Deuterium and Helium Production #Recombination #Galaxy Formation #Turbulent Fragmentation #Massive Star Formation #Stellar Evolution #Iron Production #Supernova Explosion #Star Formation #Planetary Differentiation #Volatile Gas Expulsion #Molecular Reproduction #Protein Construction #Fermentation #Cell Differentiation #Respiration #Multicellular Organisms #Sexual Reproduction #Evolutionary Diversification #Trilobite Domination #Land Exploration #Comet Collision #Dinosaur Extinction #Mammal Expansion #''Homo sapiens'' Manifestation #Language Acquisition #Glaciation #Innovation #Religion #Animal Domestication #Food Surplus Production #Inscription #Warring Nations #Empire Creation and Destruction #Civilization #Constitution #Industrialization #World Conflagrations #Fission Explosions #Computerization #Space Exploration #Population Explosion #Superpower Confrontation #Internet Expansion #Resignation #Reunification #World Wide Web Creation #Composition #Extrapolation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Briefer History of Time (Schulman book)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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