Kristine Larsen

Stephen Hawking

A Biography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: 14 bis 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780313323928
• ISBN-10: 0313323925
• Artikelnr.: 21588240

Autorenporträt

KRISTINE M. LARSEN is Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Central Connecticut State University. She is the author of Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood).

Inhaltsangabe

Destiny's Child: An Auspicious Birth and Eclectic Childhood Scientist in
Training: The Road to Oxford Tragedy and Triumph: Dissertation and Deadly
Disease Children and Calculations: Family Man and Theoretician "Stephen's
Changed Everything": Black Holes Aren't Black Caltech and Cambridge:
Exploring New Horizons Einstein's Legacy: Quantum Gravity Physics or
Metaphysics: The "No Boundary" Proposal In a Different Voice: Computers to
the Rescue "The Best Selling Book No One Read": A Brief History of Time
Endings and Beginnings: Marriages Die, Universes are Born To Boldly Go:
Hollywood Calls Brains, Branes, and Stringy Black Holes: Zeroing in on the
Theory of Everything Larger than Life: Scientist as Icon