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Stephen Hawking

his life and work

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An edition of Stephen Hawking (1991)

Stephen Hawking

his life and work

Large print ed.

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Kitty Ferguson approached Stephen Hawking with the idea of writing a book about him and asked him to help her make certain she understood his theories. He agreed and also gave her material about his life, resulting in this book.

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Windsor
Language
English
Pages
512

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Subjects
Cosmology, People with disabilities, Physicists, Juvenile literature, Biography, Physically handicapped, Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.), Universe, Physicists, biography, Great britain, biography, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Hawking, s. w. (stephen w.), 1942-2018, Physics
People
S. W. Hawking
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Great Britain

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Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work
2017, Penguin Random House, TW Adult
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Stephen Hawking: his life and work
2012, Windsor
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Stephen Hawking: his life and work
2011, Bantam
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Stephen Hawking: A Quest For The Theory Of Everything
July 1, 1992, Bantam
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Stephen Hawking: quest for a theory of the universe
1991, F. Watts
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Table of Contents

Part one: 1942-1975 (1. 'The quest for a theory of everything' ; 2. 'Our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in' ; 3. 'Equal to anything!' ; 4. 'The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock' ; 5. 'The big question was, was there a beginning or not?' ; 6. 'There is a singularity in our past')
Part two: 1970-1990 (7. 'These people must think we are used to an astronomical standard of living' ; 8. 'Scientists usually assume there is a unique link between the past and the future, cause and effect. If information is lost, this link does not exist' ; 9. 'The odds against a universe that has produced life like ours are immense' ; 10. 'In all my travels, I have not managed to fall off the edage of the world' ; 11. It's turtles all the way down' ; 12. 'The field of baby universes is in its infancy')
Part three: 1990-2000 (13. 'Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?' ; 14. 'Between film roles I enjoy solving physics problems' ; 15. I think we have a good chance of avoiding both Armageddon and a new Dark Age' ; 16. It seems clear to me')
Part four: 2000-2011 (17. 'An expanding horizon of possibilities' ; 18. 'Grandad has wheels' ; 19. 'I've always gone in a somewhat different direction' ; 20. 'My name is Stephen Hawking: physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer').

Edition Notes

Standard print ed. originally published: London: Bantam, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.1092

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 512 pages (large print)
Number of pages
512

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32379778M
Internet Archive
stephenhawkinghi0000ferg_o1j5
ISBN 10
1445844222, 1445844230
ISBN 13
9781445844220, 9781445844237
OCLC/WorldCat
806193922

First Sentence

"In Cambridge, England, there is an old narrow street called Free School Lane."

Work Description

Presents the life of the British theoretical physicist who has taken the study of cosmology farther than most in his field, despite the need for a wheelchair and computer in order to travel and communicate.

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