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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Michael, 1959-2018, author.

Gribbin, John, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018.

Hawking, Stephen.

Astrophysics.

Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physicists.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 447 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Pegasus Books LLC, [2016]

Summary:

A new and updated edition of the definitive biography on Stephen Hawking that marries biography and science to tell the story of one of the most remarkable men in history, Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist. His theoretical work on black holes and the origins of the cosmos have been groundbreaking, if not downright revolutionary. He has also spent much of his adult life confined to a wheelchair, a victim of ALS. But his physical limitations have done nothing to confine him intellectually. Hawking would already be remarkable for his cutting-edge work in theoretical physics alone. However, he has also managed to popularize science unlike anyone else. He achieved almost cult-like fame with his A Brief History of Time and has since become a household name by making the complexities of cosmology accessible to millions of people. In Stephen Hawking, science writers White and Gribbin have painted a compelling portrait of a scientific mind that seemingly knows no bounds. Weaving together clear explanations of Hawking's science with a detailed, balanced, and sensitive personal history, readers will come to know and appreciate both sides of this incredible man. Book jacket.

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?

Fame and fortune

A brief history of time travel

Stephen Hawking : superstar

God and the multiverse

The topsy-turvy universe of a global icon.

Notes:

Revised and updated edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781605989402

1605989401

OCLC:

911364515

Publisher Number:

99966140829