Kitty Ferguson

Stephen Hawking

Remarkable Lives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A celebration of an icon of modern physics, who inspired generations of scientists and changed our understanding of the universe.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Batsford Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 240mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9781841658421
• ISBN-10: 1841658421
• Artikelnr.: 57599579

Autorenporträt

Kitty Ferguson has been writing and lecturing about science and scientists for over two decades. Kitty is the author of eight books; her 1991 biography Stephen Hawking: Quest for the Theory of Everything was written with Hawking's encouragement and help and was an international bestseller. She also was a consultant for Hawking s book The Universe in a Nutshell. Her most recent biography, Stephen Hawking His Life and Work/An Unfettered Mind, has been translated into 30 languages. Kitty has been interviewed by Forbes magazine, PBS's 'Fresh Air with Terry Gross', the 'News Hour with Jim Lehrer', and the BBC. She lectures widely in North America and Europe, and her appearances have included the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Hayden Planetarium in NYC, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, and many universities. Kitty and her husband divide their time between Cambridge, England and South Carolina. Kitty Ferguson has been writing and lecturing about science and scientists for over two decades. Kitty is the author of eight books; her 1991 biography Stephen Hawking: Quest for the Theory of Everything was written with Hawking's encouragement and help and was an international bestseller. She also was a consultant for Hawking s book The Universe in a Nutshell. Her most recent biography, Stephen Hawking His Life and Work/An Unfettered Mind, has been translated into 30 languages. Kitty has been interviewed by Forbes magazine, PBS's 'Fresh Air with Terry Gross', the 'News Hour with Jim Lehrer', and the BBC. She lectures widely in North America and Europe, and her appearances have included the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Hayden Planetarium in NYC, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, and many universities. Kitty and her husband divide their time between Cambridge, England and South Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: 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 II: 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 edge of the
world"
11. "It's turtles all the way down"
12. "The field of baby universes is in its infancy"
PART II: 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 IV: 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"
Glossary
Suggested Further Reading
Bibliography
Index