A Briefer History of Time is a science humor book by American astronomer Eric Schulman.

In it, Schulman presents humorous summaries of what he claims are the fifty-three most important events since the beginning of time.

[1][2][3] The title and cover are a parody of Stephen Hawking's book A Brief History of Time.

[4][5] In 2004, the author released the book under a creative commons license, CC BY-NC-ND 1.0,[6] as a free download on his website.

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