Stephen Hawking : a life in science / Michael White and John Gribbin.

  • White, Michael, 1959-2018.
Date:
[2002], ©2002
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Publication/Creation

Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

xi, 348 pages ; 21 cm

Edition

New updated ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The day Galileo died -- Classical cosmology -- Going up -- Doctors and doctorates -- From black holes to the big bang -- Marriage and fellowship -- Singular solutions -- The breakthrough years -- When black holes explode -- The foothills of fame -- Back to the beginning -- Science celebrity -- When the universe has babies -- A brief history of time -- The end of physics? -- Hollywood, fame and fortune -- A brief history of time travel -- Stephen Hawking, superstar.

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    History of Medicine
    BZP (Hawking)
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ISBN

  • 0309084105