Consider the following pairs: Famous Books Famous Scientists 1. A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking 2. The Grand Design Paul Davies 3. The First Three Minutes Steven Weinberg Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is: C. 1 and 3 only

  • A Brief History of Time is a book on theoretical cosmology by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. The book became a bestseller and has sold more than 25 million copies in 40 different languages.
  • The First Three Minutes is a book on cosmology by American physicist Steven Weinberg. It was first published in 1977. The book won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
  • The Grand Design is a book on theoretical cosmology by British physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. It was first published in 2010. The book was a bestseller and has sold more than 2 million copies.

The book The Grand Design is not written by Paul Davies.