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Stephen Hawking
A Biography
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Artikel-Nr:
9780313323928
Veröffentl:
2005
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
01.06.2005
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Kristine Larsen
Gewicht:
439 g
Format:
235x157x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
KRISTINE M. LARSEN is Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Central Connecticut State University. She is the author of Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood).
Few scientists are as recognizable as Stephen Hawking. Despite having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)-an affliction that many experts expected to have killed him decades ago-Hawking remains a vital and influential voice in the scientific community. One of the leading cosmologists studying the celestial phenomenon known as black holes, Hawking has also led the way in popularizing science with his best-selling work A Brief History of Time. This biography of Hawking, written by a physicist, provides an accessible introduction to the life and work of an inspirational figure.
An accessible biography on the life and work of one of the most famous and influential scientists of the last forty years, Stephen Hawking.
Destiny's Child: An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic ChildhoodScientist in Training: The Road to OxfordTragedy and Triumph: Dissertation and Deadly DiseaseChildren and Calculations: Family Man and Theoretician"Stephen's Changed Everything": Black Holes Aren't BlackCaltech and Cambridge: Exploring New HorizonsEinstein's Legacy: Quantum GravityPhysics or Metaphysics: The "No Boundary" ProposalIn a Different Voice: Computers to the Rescue"The Best Selling Book No One Read": A Brief History of TimeEndings and Beginnings: Marriages Die, Universes are BornTo Boldly Go: Hollywood CallsBrains, Branes, and Stringy Black Holes: Zeroing in on the Theory of EverythingLarger than Life: Scientist as Icon