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INTRODUCING STEPHEN HAWKING
A GRAPHIC GUIDE |
| By: |
J. P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate (Illus) |
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| ISBN 10: |
1848310943 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848310940 |
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| Publisher: |
ICON BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 August, 2005 |
| Edition: |
Revised edition |
| Series: |
Introducing... |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. This guide explores Hawking's life, and the evolution of his work from his days as a student. |
| Synopsis: |
Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. Hawking's major contribution to science has been to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics - Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphic guide explores Hawking's life, the evolution of his work from his days as a student, and his breathtaking discoveries about where these fundamental laws break down or overlap, such as on the edge of a Black Hole or at the origin of the Universe itself. |
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Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Icon Books Ltd |
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